I have a shower fixture with female threaded bronze fitting. I am connecting male 1/4 NPT copper fittings into it. One of them I think was overtighten

I put it together the first time and it leaked, just a little.. Took it apart (unsoldering other joints) and put it back together a second time with more teflon tape and tightened it up. It still leaks and I'm afraid it was over tightened... Should the copper fitting be replaced now?[1] Or can I reassemble?

I was planning to reassemble it with RectorSeal Tplus2, instead of teflon tape.

Should I replace the fitting?

Thanks



[1] HD employee said that the copper doesn't "spring back" if it is overtightned. :)

Replace the cooper fitting. This time give it three full wraps of teflon before you tighten.

Do you agree with the HD employee that the copper fitting has been compressed by overtightening? I thought he might have just been blowing smoke, since these are standard 1/2 NTP fittings, not compression fittings.

If you overtighten copper you can distort it to the point it will crack let alone stretch. Also, it's a huge pain to try to resweat copper fiitings especially female.

Thanks. Resweating on the male copper fitting isn't a huge deal. At least the bronze shower fixture didn't crack.

It's not leaking now!