Disassembly

1.Turn "OFF" both hot and cold water supplies. Turn faucet on to relieve pressure and insure complete shut-off. Pull handle cap up and off (it snaps into place). Remove the handle screw (illustration 1).

2.Push cartridge stem down and then lift and tilt handle lever and handle body off. Leave handle inside the handle body.

3.Lift off the retaining ring.

4.Pry out the retainer clip with a screwdriver (illustra- tion 2).

Lift off the grooved sleeve.

5.Use cartridge twisting tool furnished with the replacement cartridge and rotate cartridge be- tween

11 and 1 o'clock.

6.Grasp cartridge stem with pliers. Pull cartridge out (illustration 3).

Reassembly

1.With cartridge stem UP, insert cartridge with ears aligned front to back (illustration 4).

2.Push the cartridge down by the ears until the top of the ears are flush with the top of the body (illustra- tion 5).

3.Turn notched flat of cartridge stem toward front of sink. (Note: for cross piping installations, see in- structions on back).

4.Insert the retainer clip so that the legs straddle the cartridge ears and slide into the opposite slot in the body. Remove clip. Replace grooved sleeve and slide clip through the slots into position, this pre- vents the cartridge from rotating and locks it in the body (illustration 6).

5.Replace retaining ring.

6.Press cartridge stem down. Holding handle UP, hook handle ring inside the handle body (illustra- tion 7) into groove on sleeve.

8.Swing handle back and forth until it drops down into place.

9.Replace handle screw. Tighten securely. Push handle cap down until it snaps into place.

 

 

MODEL 4901

 

MODEL 8901

 

HANDLE

 

HANDLE

 

 

CAP

 

COVER

 

 

 

 

HANDLE

 

 

HANDLE

HANDLE

SCREW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCREW

 

 

 

ILLUSTRATION 1

 

 

HANDLE

 

 

 

 

HANDLE

 

 

 

 

BODY

 

 

 

FAUCET

 

 

 

 

BODY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETAINING

 

 

 

 

RING

 

 

 

 

GROOVED

 

 

 

 

SLEEVE

 

RETAINER

ESCUTCHEON

 

 

 

CLIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTCHED

ILLUSTRATION 2

 

 

FLAT

 

 

ON STEM

 

 

CARTRIDGE

 

RETAINER

 

 

 

CLIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPACER

CARTRIDGE

SPACER

 

 

STEM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETAINER

 

 

 

 

CLIP

 

 

MOUNTING

 

 

ILLUSTRATION 3

NUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARTRIDGE

 

 

 

EARS

 

 

ILLUSTRATION 4

CLIP

ILLUSTRATION 5

HOLD

UP

EAR

ILLUSTRATION 6

ILLUSTRATION 7

To Eliminate Cross-Piping on Back-To-Back Installations, or to Correct Reversed Rough-In Where Hot and Cold Positions are Reversed:

Remove handle cap, handle screw and handle body (see "Disassembly" instructions). Turn cartridge stem around so that the notched flat is turned one half turn or 180°. Re-install handle parts (see "Reassembly").

If handle won't operate properly...you have not hooked handle ring into sleeve groove. Hold handle up, hook ring in handle housing into groove on sleeve.

HOLD

HOLD

UP

UP

HANDLE

HANDLE

CAP

 

COVER

 

HANDLE

 

HANDLE

HANDLE

SCREW

 

SCREW

HANDLE

HANDLE

 

BODY

 

 

TURN STEM

 

1/2 TURN

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Moen 8901, 4901 installation instructions Disassembly, Reassembly

4901, 8901 specifications

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