Help With Caldera Waterfall

[tykeith]

My son un-screwed the waterfall flow control valve and I can't get it back in place. Anybody have any advice? (rather than call a repairman).

Thanks.

[Dan.The.Spa.Man]

My son un-screwed the waterfall flow control valve and I can't get it back in place. Anybody have any advice? (rather than call a repairman).

Thanks.

What you have in your hand is actually two or three pieces (depending on how much came out).

If the whole valve came out:

You need to seperate the body of the valve from the threaded "cap". Hold onto the cap and wiggle the valve back and forth while pulling apart. It should come apart.

Now it may look like one piece but there is actually a threaded piece inside the cap that still comes out. Hold the inside piece with the vise grips and wiggle it out from the cap.\

Put the valve back in...it is slotted and will only go in one way. Next, screw the threaded piece that was stuck inside of the cap onto the valve. screw it on really tight. Then press the cap back onto the threaded piece.

The reason it comes out is from turning the valve too tightly when turning the waterfall on and off. It gets seized to that inner screw piece and the whole thing comes out.