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    leddie Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 11, 2008, 06:07 PM
    Installing cartridge in single handle moen faucet for shower
    Is there a trick to this - I cannot get the cartridge all the way in
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    Oct 11, 2008, 06:44 PM

    No trick use some plumber's grease and apply some force, what is the model Number of your faucet, Thanks.

    John
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    Oct 11, 2008, 07:57 PM

    As Afaroo suggests, make sure you grease the "O" rings. If not, you will clip them and you will have to do it all over again...
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