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Well, I tried to remove the stem, but no matter how much I tired to turn it counter-clockwise, it would not budge. Here's a photo of my actual spigot. As you can see, I loosened the first nut, but...

And turning counter clockwise... Got it!

Thanks to everyone!

Rich

John,

First, thanks for all the advice, I really appreciate it. Second, please forgive my ignorance, but inside my house I have a valve to shut off the water to the hose bib. If I shut this off,...

It's similar to the photo, but it looks more like this one:

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But I still don't understand why I need to shut off water to the entire house.

Thanks again,
Rich

Thanks. I tried to unscrew it counter clock wise yesterday, but there was so much resistance that I thought I was going to break something. I will try again tonight.

You mean that I need to...

speedball1,

Hopefully you're still monitoring this topic. I have the same problem, but I need to replace the washer at the valve seat, but I can't get the valve stem out. I've loosened the...