I have an older house, with the hot, cold knobs and middle diverter. I have changed both the hot and cold sides with no problem. I have taken the packing screw, cap, the small nutt, the larger nutt, the screw on cover that conceals the stem, now I only have the stem left but it will not come out. There is a brass piece that will turn and seems to have threads but will not come out? I can not get the rest of the stem through the opening without taking off that brass piece? Any suggestions, this has turned into an all day affair. Please help.

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Originally Posted by Pmyles

I have an older house, with the hot, cold knobs and middle diverter. I have changed both the hot and cold sides with no problem. I have taken the packing screw, cap, the small nutt, the larger nutt, the screw on cover that conceals the stem, now I only have the stem left but it will not come out. There is a brass piece that will turn and seems to have threads but will not come out? I can not get the rest of the stem through the opening without taking off that brass piece? any suggestions, this has turned into an all day affair. Please help.

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Does your valve look like this? See image. Let me know. Tom