Moen Shower Body Replacement Cartridge Kit by Pro Parts Plus 1222 1222B-PPP - Includes Retaining Clip & Installation Instructions

walt1234: Turn off the main water supply. Open a sink valve on the lowest floor of the house to drain the water from the pipes. Turn on the shower to drain the remaining water from the shower pipe. Remove the shower handle, cover and remaining parts. Remove the retaining clip holding the cartridge in the valve body. Don’t use this tool to twist the cartridge as I have seen many instructions tell you to do. There are plastic tabs on the cartridge that prevent rotation. First rotate the cartridge stem so that the chamfered edge is down. Back off the phillips head screw on the tool most of the way out. Back off the nut on the tool most of the way back towards the T handle. Place the tool in the left and right slots of the valve body which is holding the cartridge. Fully tighten the phillips head screw on the tool being careful not to rotate the the cartridge stem and keeping the tool in the left and right slots. Tighten the nut with a wrench or pliers to pull the cartridge out of the valve body. The nut is large so you will need a large wrench or adjustable plumbers pliers. Install new cartridge and reinstall remaining hardware. Turn the water valves off on the sink that...

United States on Mar 09, 2021

HiddenLurker: I'm a general DIYer with little to no plumbing experience. One of our tubs was suffering from extremely low output. I've done the general DIYs I've come across online, none of which fixed the problem. As a desperate last attempt to fix our tub, I decided to give this part a go. I also bought a cartridge removal tool in hopes of making my life easier. Installation was pretty simple and I followed Moen's own video tutorial for removal and replacement. Water started flowing normally again installing the replacement. The I did not use the clip that came with this because it didn't seem to hold in place, I ended up using the old clip from my previous cartridge. Overall I'm happy with the value of this and am happy to have a working tub again... I'll probably disassemble the other one so that I can get a good understanding of where it failed and to see if I can "fix" it for when this one might fail, and I can just swap between the two until one is beyond repair.

Overall, I appreciate the value that this part brings, since it's almost half the price of the OEM part. I'll be happy as long as it continues to work and has decent longevity. I'll update this should...

United States on Aug 31, 2020

Darpan Patel: Does the job. While installing one of the rubber seal/valve was coming out, and had to hold it in place while pushing the cartridge in. Unlike other reviewers I found the silicone lubricant enough.

United States on Mar 13, 2020

Boyd G: This valve is already outshining the original Moen part.

This replacement part works so smoothly. Two key reminders:
1) LOOK AT YOUR OLD VALVE BEFORE REMOVING. Ensure you know where the white "H|C" indicator is positioned (either top or bottom). Replace it in the same position.
2) Use the supplied lubricant and apply to the large, black rubber side pieces.

My old posi-temp shower and bath were both very resistant when turning. After about six years of hard-to-turn Moen OEM parts, the valve broke and I couldn't get the water to turn on or off without spinning the whole handle around.

I've purchased two of these. I'll soon purchase a third for another bathroom shower fix.

United States on Sep 23, 2019

MikeyB: Stupid builders put shower control near outside wall with inadequate insulation. Deep freeze last winter was cold enough to partially freeze and crack internal parts on old shower control. Initially tiny drip leak recently became a dribbling flow, so I ordered this item. Most difficult part of the repair was trying to pull the OLD valve body out of the housing. The special pulling tool helps, but it is not really needed.

Some silicone plumbers grease on new part and it inserts smoothly with much less effort than removing the old one.

No more leak and control operates smoothly. Excellent value replacement part... until next deep freeze.

United States on May 02, 2019