Danco 86712 Moen Cartridge Puller, Pack of 1, Silver

Had to replace two Mohen cartridges and this worked perfectly. i'd never done it before and tried to use a cheaper plastic piece that came with the replacement, but to no avail. This made quick work of pulling out the cartridge, fit perfectly, and resulted in getting our water pressure back in the showers which had slowly degraded over time as the cartridge failed.Good Luck & God Bless.

So, it is not that the instructions with this product were bad, but more like good in theory, but missing some important steps in practice. I am hoping this review will save you some time by sharing my process to remove a valve that had been in there for 20+ years. So here we go:NOTE: This applies to a posi-temp 1222 series valve. I cannot speak to the 1225 moentrol, but I would guess the process would be similar.1. If you have the valve handle off, valve handle base uscrewed (phillips screw), and the plastic limiter and chrome bezel removed, then you are ready to start this process. It would also be a good idea to block your drain so you don't drop small parts down it if you haven't already done so.2. This is so important I made it its own step. Remove the retaining clip that holds the valve in place. I used lineman pliers to grab the clip tab on the top of the valve body and pull straight up and out.3. Take the tool and spin the hex part as close to the T-bar handle as you can. Place the tool over the brass valve shaft and screw it in where the valve handle was.4. Spin the hex part the tool back away from the T-bar until it hits the brass body that the valve is in.5. Take and adjustable wrench and turn it against it to begin extracting the valve. It will only be able to pull it out about 2 inches and likely it is still stuck pretty good in there.6. Pull with moderate force on the T bar to see if the valve is loose enough to come out. (it probably won't) It is imperative that you only pull straight on the valve. Do no try to rock it back and forth or pull it at an angle. You will break it off in there, and at that point you will have to get real creative to get it out.7. If you made it to this step, then the valve is about half way out but would come out any further. Now, as you pull moderately, begin to twist the T-bar as your pull out on it. (think corkscrew motion) You should feel it break free as you are twisting on it, but it is going to come out hard all the way.Note: The rubber on one side of mine split in two as I removed. I assume that is why it leaked in the first place. One the valve is out, be sure to check the valve body for any debris. (rubber pieces, etc and clean it out before installing the new valve.I am not going to go back through installing the new valve here, but I am going to give you a hint on the retaining clip. It will not fully seat easily, so there are two things to check. First, is the valve all the way in. The clip won't even go in if it isn't. Second, clip goes 3/4 the way in, so use a small flat blade screw driver and gently manipulate each side of the clip through the bottom of the valve body. This doesn't take much force, but rather a bit of finesse.I hope this information helps. It worked for me and my valve came out in one piece. I don't make any guarantees on this process.

Needed to extract a Moen 1222 cartridge that had been in place for almost 30 years, in a house with very hard water. I expected a battle getting it out, with this tool and a good crescent wrench it came right out. NOTE that after reading multiple reviews questioning the tool's durability, I took the precaution of putting a 1" ID steel washer in between the brass valve housing and the tool so the push nut would have a smooth surface to ride against and the brass wouldn't dig into the aluminum of the tool.

The device has a screw that is supposed to screw into the valve shaft where the knob screw normally goes. It grabs the valve and lets you apply force evenly to pull it out. The screw on mine was too short to engage with the screw hole on the valve. Thinking it's maybe 3/8 of an inch short. Other than that it looks like a reasonably made but aluminum devise.So basically I took the screw out of the puller, screwed it into the valve and the valve came right out with a minimal tug. So my 33 year old valve really wasn't at all hard to remove, so my fancy puller was basically just the right sized screw to give me a handle to pull on the valve. if my valve was really stuck I would have had to get a longer screw so I could get the puller actually engaged. Jobs done. But this was just odd. Got to believe mine was a one off.

This was a game changer when replacing the core of my shower faucet. Trying to just pull the old core out with the cheap plastic tools that came with the replacement core would have been a nightmare! This made this such a smooth job.

Works easily! Had no problem removing a 25yr old leaking valve.

I used this to take off a stuck Moen cartridge. It made an impossible job totally possible and saved me a lot of money from having to call a plumber. This $10 tool is absolutely worth it. Slightly difficult to figure out how to use it first, but YouTube videos helped.

requires assesory pliers/wrench as the screw does not pull it clear of the faucet. Don't know how it works on newer units