Any plumbers here? Cartridge ID

Hey all!

My shower occasionally likes to stick on full hot. Normally shutting it on and off a few times or thumping on the wall will fix it, but just now it decided to stay stuck.

So I need a new cartridge right?

Problem is, I can't find any type of identifying mark on anything. There isn't a logo, symbol, letter or marking anywhere. It's a single lever type that rotates only, no push/pull on the handle. I've never messed with these but with some fiddling around got it apart. Looks like this:

Stuck spool valve visible here:

I smacked it on the sink and it reset, but stuck on hot again as soon as I put it back together.

Another view.

I  took it apart again and installed the cartridge 180 degrees out. It's working fine again now, but I'd rather get a new one.

Look up a plumping supply house in your town and go there. The big box stores are a roll of the dice  if you will find someone there who knows anything about getting you a replacement part.

Here's an on line source:  https://www.supplyhouse.com/Tub-Shower-Cartridges-21075000

Awesome, thank you so much. I looked through Home Depot's website last night and came up empty handed. Found it right away on your link.

https://www.supplyhouse.com/Brasscraft-SLD1183-D-Price-Pfister-Pressure-Balancing-N-S-Tub-Shower-Cartridge

Apparently it's a Price Pfister. Who names these?!

Glad I could help.

Another thing to consider:  If you live in a tract where all the houses where build about the same time, most all of your neighbors will have that same shower, and a good percentage of them are likely to fail like yours in the next few years.  You might want to spread the word around about the fix (to the handy ones, unless you want to become a part time plumber).  

Thanks for posting this and providing some insight into a job that I need to do. Does not look too hard other than the need to have the main water shut off for as many trips as needed to HD. At least I know I need a Delta brand part.

Pete

In reply to Run_Away :

I've had mixed results with HD vs Local plumbing supply place. Typically it's a matter of drag the parts (AND A BOX OF DONUTS) to plumbing supply place, and let them figure it out. 
 

However, recently, fixing a leak in an old 3-valve shower, the guys at the plumbing supply place told me I was SOL. Went to HD and found what I needed in 5 minutes.

What I figured out recently is that the same shiny happy people who are "master mechanics," but work at vatoze, are the same shiny happy people who are "master plumbers" but work the parts counter at the plumbing supply place, and so on.

When it comes to faucet parts, HD is your best option.  Supply houses don't want to see you, and they don't carry faucet parts other than for the few that they sell.  You won't find Price Phister in a real supply house.  If you do need them to find parts, they are going to go online like you should have done, order a part like you should have done, pay what you would have paid, have it shipped to them, then mark it up 40% and sell to you. The plumbers and the counter people at the supply houses have every right to be shiny happy people when some homeowner walks in with a part in his hand.  Every second you take to tell your story is a second those guys can't bill for their hours.  Its like when you walk into a coffee shop to get your morning coffee, and a group of teenagers come in right before you.  Every one of those brats orders something that takes several minutes to prepare, and you just have to sit there biting your tongue because you need that large light with milk and no sugar before you start your day.  So, if your that lady that comes into a supply house and drops a used toilet seat on the counter and says I need the bolts that hold this to my toilet, you know where you can shove that toilet seat.  Rant over, I need to load up my truck and go to work.

tr8todd said:

When it comes to faucet parts, HD is your best option.  Supply houses don't want to see you, and they don't carry faucet parts other than for the few that they sell.  You won't find Price Phister in a real supply house.  If you do need them to find parts, they are going to go online like you should have done, order a part like you should have done, pay what you would have paid, have it shipped to them, then mark it up 40% and sell to you. The plumbers and the counter people at the supply houses have every right to be shiny happy people when some homeowner walks in with a part in his hand.  Every second you take to tell your story is a second those guys can't bill for their hours.  Its like when you walk into a coffee shop to get your morning coffee, and a group of teenagers come in right before you.  Every one of those brats orders something that takes several minutes to prepare, and you just have to sit there biting your tongue because you need that large light with milk and no sugar before you start your day.  So, if your that lady that comes into a supply house and drops a used toilet seat on the counter and says I need the bolts that hold this to my toilet, you know where you can shove that toilet seat.  Rant over, I need to load up my truck and go to work.

I guess my experience at my local plumbing supply shop was much better then other shops visited by others who posted here.