American Standard Pressure-Balancing Shower Valve

Dave Bell: Installs easily in conjunction with the American Standard Cartridge (023529-0070A). No more leaky faucet.

Canada on Sep 25, 2023

Doug: Removed old one and installed new one. Direct fit. No additional parts required.

United States on Sep 20, 2023

Joyce: This product was a perfect fit. It solved the leak problem.

Canada on Sep 18, 2023

K. Tran: Very easy to install. Working like a charm.

United States on Sep 17, 2023

Texican: My American Standard valve is over 20 years old. I had a pretty rough time of getting the old pressure balancing unit out. I used two paint can keys to remove it. It has worked for me before but this time, I pretty much had to destroy the unit. When installing the new balancing unit, I used silicone grease to lubricate the part for smooth operation and to keep it from freezing up again.

United States on Aug 27, 2023

Tempus ImperiumTempus Imperium: Suddenly, our shower started acting weird. We were getting scalded then frozen, then scalded then frozen while trying to take a shower. It was really bad. First I replaced the cartridge, but that didn’t work. Then I realized it was this inner pressure balance unit that had gone bad.

Took me a little bit to figure out which part to order. You remove the cartridge and see a gray plate that is held in place by a brass ring. Take off the brass ring and pull this unit out.
There apparently are several models that are similar but not exactly the same. I’m including a picture of the gray water channel plate that is the interface between this and the cartridge, and a picture of the cartridge itself (with the red ring). The cartridge is NOT included, but I’m showing it to help you determine compatibility. It might help you determine if this is the right part for you.

Easy to install and once in place, we had control of the temperature in our shower once again. Very happy.

Worked as promised. Direct replacement.

United States on Aug 17, 2023

Amazon Customer: Fixed all my water problems

Canada on Jul 10, 2023

C Bayless: This fixed my problem of no water at the shower head. Found a YT video on the swap, but it was basically fairly straightforward anyway. Hardest part was the allen set screw that holds the handle on. Its exposed to the shower water and builds up mineral deposits and corrosion. Its seems the old pressure balancer had some debris that was stopping the water flow, we get that being on a well.

United States on Jul 08, 2023

kevin: couldn't get enough hot water...the new unit fixed the problem.
easy assembly

Canada on Jun 21, 2023

don: I bought both balancer and cartridge M952100-0070A & 023529-0070A trying not to do it again as I was not very sure which one caused no enough hot water. It works well. I think it's pricy though.

Some said to put a little plumbing paste on the rubber seals, I saw it's not necessary as I took both in parts and saw the structures. Properly clean the inside valve chamber is very important.
I could be wrong.

Canada on May 27, 2023