Comments on: Did You Have Trouble Replacing Your Moen Cartridge?

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:25:20 +0000

In reply to Greg. I just did the same (replaced my 1225 cartridge) and have the same experience. The handle, which I lift to turn on the water flow, won't stay up, it drops down over about a 5 to 10 second period of time, causing the water flow to slow to a trickle, or drips. Is there any fix to this?

By: Jagdish

Jagdish — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:40:21 +0000

Impossible to insert new 1224 with one O ring.flag end stays out resulting clip remain unmoderated.suggest have to order another stem.start all over again tks.Veena and Hashish Fairfax va

By: Tencha

Tencha — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 22:43:46 +0000

In reply to Johnny. Do have to take cartridge out?

By: Edward Daniel Palomo

Edward Daniel Palomo — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:16:38 +0000

In reply to Edward Daniel Palomo. I finally got retaining clip in there was a very small plastic fragment inside body cavity of valve about one eights inches in length keeping cartridge from being fully inserted.

By: Edward Daniel Palomo

Edward Daniel Palomo — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:48:26 +0000

In reply to Jason. Can not get the retaining clip in bought new 1222 cartridge watched installation video cartridge will not go all the way in end of cartridge was broken when I removed it does new cartridge have to be rotated as I had to do that to remove it two turns looked inside body did not see any loose pieces I am frustrated with this shower assembly .

By: Ricbard Tomanini

Ricbard Tomanini — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:46:13 +0000

I just bought a new kitchen faucet with base side sprayer and installed it and went to turn the water on and got no water coming out of the spicket but yet the sprayer works fine what could be the problem

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:57:11 +0000

Once I replaced my 1225 moen cartridge in my single lever bath tub the leak stopped, but the hot water has much less pressure than the cold. What’s Up?

By: steve

steve — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:46:43 +0000

If your hot and cold are reversed, turn the stem 180 degrees. The cartridge does not need to be removed to do that.
I had the problem of the handle falling and not staying where you put it. I think the cause of this is the O-ring lube inside the cartridge being to slippery. The solution might be to remove the inner stem from the cartridge and use a degreaser to remove most of the lube, or to use a thicker stickier lube to prevent the stem from slipping so easily.
On other thing to not on this is that the OEM Moen cartridge has 2 O-rings on the dtem, while the cheaper aftermarket replacement at Home depot has 3 O-rings on the stem. I think the third O-ring doesn’t help with water sealing but may be there just to provide some more friction to prevent slipping.

By: ann

ann — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:12:51 +0000

after replacing moen cartridge in tub/shower it is is reversed…first hot then cold…what did i do wrong

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:34:35 +0000

In response to replacing the retainer clip, I had the same problem. Turns out the cartridge was not in all the way. A few gentle taps with the wrench seated it properly, and the clip slid right in.