Re: Re: Parts for Very Old Shower Diverter


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Posted by Jon on January 22, 1998 at 06:21:30:

In Reply to: Re: Parts for Very Old Shower Diverter posted by Joe I. on January 21, 1998 at 13:35:18:

: : I need a washer from a "Borg-Warner" shower diverter.
: : I can't find this manufacturer anywhere, and I fear
: : they've gone out of business...everyone tells me
: : they make transmissions now...

: : I need a new washer (not the faucet washer) for it,
: : since the old one has disintegrated, and without it,
: : water will only come out the spout and not the shower
: : head.

: : Any ideas about where to go to get a new washer?

: Try a plumbing parts house. They may be able in substitute a washer from another manufacturer or machine you a new part.

I've been to 4 plumbing supply companies, and none of
them have been able to find a replacement washer - one
even looked in a catalog from a company that
makes replacement parts for old fixtures and
it wasn't in there either -- I asked about using
a similar washer, or perhaps modifying a similar
washer to work, and he said it wouldn't last very
long and that these washers need to be the exact
fit for them to work properly.... he suggested
one other parts house that I'll try. He also
suggested (like all the others) that I have a
whole new shower handle-set installed.


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