Customer Reviews

Moen 104421 Cartridge Puller, For 1200, 1222 & 1225 Single Handle Cartridges

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

A bit pricey for something I doubt we'll ever need again -- or at least not for another 5-10 years by which time it will be buried so deep in the shop I'll never find it. It cost as much as the replacement cartridge.

Without it, we were unsuccessful at pulling the cartridge after 20 minutes. With it, the cartridge popped out nearly instantly. Huge difference!

Great tool, easy to use and it worked without any problems. The cost may come back as special benefits (see below).

I am retired and living in Florida. Out guest bathroom doesn't get too much use for about 9 months. The inevitable happened, the mineral deposits in the water and the hot weather caused the shower control to develop mineral deposits and not work.
While pricing replacement cartridges, I saw that people had purchased this cartridge pulling tool. Having tried to repace stuck cartridges before I knew that this could be a difficult job. The house design did not have a water shut off for the shower by itself and I had to turn off the entire house. If the repair developed into a problem area I would have all of the water turned off for a long time.
In using the tool, it did not pull out with just the first step, so I went on to the part using the large nut to break the seal. It came out in about 30 seconds. I have passed on the information of the problem of not exercising the water controls frequently to all my friends to help prevent this problem.
A large number of them want to borrow me and the tool when they have problems.
I have a possible limitless supply of beer in my future!

I would have been in big trouble without this tool... with the faucet disassembled and unable to get the cartridge out, using this tool was the ONLY way, period. If your single handle shower is old, there's a good chance the cartridge is stuck. If you run into this, then close everything back up, and turn on the water again, order this tool and reschedule the project.
The videos on the Moen website are helpful too, but they don't mention this tool!

I tried the plastic part that came with the cartridge. Of course, it broke. So, I purchased this metal cartridge puller. It made short work of extracting the old cartridge and worked as advertised. Just make sure and follow directions to the letter and don't tighten too much because it will bend or break the cartridge piece the puller fits into.

After reading several reviews, I decided to pick up one of these along with the new cartridge. And I agree, it made the job much easier to pull the cartridge out. My faucets are about 12 years old, so they've been in there a while. Without the tool, I would have worried about pulling to hard and possible damaging something else. The only problem I experienced was that it didn't pull the cartridge out completely OR far enough to easily pull it out the rest of the way. I had to use some heavy duty pliers to create some space between the "Puller" and the "Cooper Ring" that holds the cartridge. Easy enough and I'd recommend buying if you are changing a faucet.

The last time I called a plumber for a cartridge issue it cost me $125 for each faucet. So here I was with a torn apart faucet and I couldn't get the cartridge out of the post. So I searched Amazon and came across this device. It removed the cartridge and I was on my way to a working faucet without having to receive any jibes from my plumber for trying to do it myself.

I had read from others what a difficult time they had removing a Moen faucet cartridge from a shower valve. I did not want to experience breaking off the cartridge inside the valve as has happened to many others. Many folks recommended buying this puller to remove the cartridge. When I opened up the valve, I could see their point. The cartridge was unlikely to come out easily. The instructions for the puller are a bit vague (and possibly incorrect) on how to use it. But I figured it out and the cartridge came out easily. Now I'm ready for when the other shower valve stops working.

Don't even try and remove a Moen cartridge without this tool or you will be sorry you did. This tool makes cartridge removal pretty easy. Those Moen cartridges always seem to weld themselves in.

I tried and tried to pull out the old cartridge but was unsuccessful. After reading the favorable reviews I decided to order it. I had a difficult time on step one -- unloosening the nut at the top of the puller -- but once I did that and followed the instructions, the old cartridge came right out. Hopefully I will not need this for our other showers but it any event I will have it available and highly recommend it. It really works!!!

My shower stopped getting hot water so I did some searching online and the information I read indicated that the cartridge inside needed to be replaced.

I tried using pliers to remove the old cartridge, after removing the retaining clip and outer sleeve, but it just wouldn't budge.

When I used this tool I was able to get the old cartridge out within a minute or two of twisting it from side to side and turning the screw while pulling it out slowly.

It is expensive but it did the job and it was cheaper than hiring a plumber.