Take care of your faucet handles!
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Topic: Take care of your faucet handles!
Posted By: LisaWill22
Subject: Take care of your faucet handles!
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2015 at 5:11pm
Here's my nice new faucet that I had to order from Forest River after the plastic handles broke on my old one. I highly recommend NOT using the handles to turn the water on and off but rather to clasp the base lower down instead. It takes a little getting used to, but will save you having to order a whole new faucet when the handles break! ------------- "Go home to nature and let nature heal you." Thich Nhat Hanh |
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2015 at 5:15pm
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Ditto, we had to replace our faucet handles after having our (new) trailer for 4 months. They are not really durable. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2015 at 6:57pm
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The hot water handle broke on mine and I glued it back on - if it broke again I would have replaced it with a household faucet from the local orange or blue hardware store. Better quality. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2015 at 11:41am
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I put in a replacement faucet from my local home store after like my second season. Takes literally about 5 minutes to unscrew the hot and cold lines life up the old faucet, drop the new one in and screw the lines back on. The holes are standard size to pretty much any faucet shape color or design you'd find at your local home store so long as you go with a 2 faucet variety. After a friend had his turn into a geyser in his Pod, I figured I'd head this problem off at the pass. :) ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2015 at 3:48pm
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Yup, prior planning prevents piss poor performs!! or a geyser! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 3:32pm
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Hmm, wondering if the handles were a higher grade plastic on the older models? We haven't had any issues (yet) with ours and it's used quite a bit.
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 6:41pm
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I know of two '10's that had faucet failures.
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 9:07pm
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mine was a '10. Same faucet as the one shown in the pic. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 9:43pm
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Our 171 was a 10 and we never had a problem with those. Our 2015 179, one handle broke the second trip our.
------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: Retroactive
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 9:59am
Thanks for this thread. I'll keep a close eye on the faucet. A kitchen faucet breaking on the one rainy day we actually we need it, might be one of the few things that could actually send the wife into a rage.  ------------- |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 11:12am
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Of the two that I know of, they both broke when someone was alone in the pod, geyser shooting to the ceiling.. had to throw a towel over it and run to spigot at the pedestal.. Then had to find a home store and affect a field replacement.. This was exactly why we switched ours out proactively. ------------- |
Posted By: ltroeller
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 11:32am
| Our hot water handle also broke. I was planning on buying a new faucet on Amazon but my son-in-law had a brilliant idea. We turned a longer wood screw in to the faucet connection and filled the handle with epoxy. Please the handle over the screw and taped it in place for one day. It looks brand new and seems to work. We are going on our first extended trip for this year in a few weeks so we will see if it paces the test. If not, I know where to get a new faucet. |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 12:14pm
In your case, it was just the handle extension that broke, several owners have had the entire cartridge and base come out.. it's apparently quite the event when it happens.. LOL ------------- |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 9:50pm
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I replaced ours along with the sink with this one from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SCYQQOA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SCYQQOA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00 Here is what it looks like installed:  ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: Retroactive
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2016 at 9:38am
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Awesome! Nice to know that style of faucet might fit in my 171 if need be. It is the type I put in the house a few years back. ------------- |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2016 at 10:21am
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This was the sink I installed with it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012C2R4W?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012C2R4W?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00 The hard part is cutting the hole. It is bigger than the stock sink. The cut close to the back wall was the hardest since I could not get a jigsaw in that close. I was able to use an oscillating tool with circular and flat blades to cut out and trim the hole to get the sink to fit. It just filled the space between the front and back shelf supports. http://www.harborfreight.com/variable-speed-oscillating-multi-tool-61219.html - http://www.harborfreight.com/variable-speed-oscillating-multi-tool-61219.html ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |