Moen 8901, 4901 installation instructions Disassembly, Reassembly

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