Faucet swivel...not so much

[trlrboy]

I'm running into a problem with getting the faucet to swivel from sink to sink. It feels very tight and you can hear the braided hoses rubbing together when you try to swivel between one sink and the other. I looked underneath and there is no movement on the base plate, big nut or set screws that hold it all in place. Any ideas?

 

[Mrs. CountryGuy]

Mineral buildup??

 

[RDJ]

As mentioned mineral build up, and also the o rings on the spout need lubricated, they are dry and need some stem grease on them, then it will swivel freely once again. Depending on how old the faucet is you might want to replace the o rings when you have it apart...

 

[Art-n-Marge]

Yup, probably time to take it all apart and give it a good cleaning. I just did mine after 7 years but we don't use our rig much so with greater frequency, well, you get the idea. Prepare to do this periodically or as it gets tighter, but if it gets worse over time, that's probably it. A water softener might help.

I hope to replace mine eventually, since I noticed it's not the best materials because they are trying to keep things lightweight.

 

[topjimmy]

Yeah get rid of it like I did and buy a quality Faucet instead of the junk RV stuff, mine started doing that AND the "bronze"finish rubbed off in 4 months

 

[bigred715]

More "quality" products put in these trailers. NOT! Its too bad the price we pay for these rigs that so many items have a short life span considering how little there used.

 

[richfaa]

The bronze finish on our door knobs and faucet handles are wearing off on our 17 month old Big Sky. Maybe we are not supposed to open doors or turn water on or off??? No problem replaced them all on our 06 3400.No improvement here.

 

[trlrboy]

Thanks. I'll head out to Lowes tomorrow.