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I need to stop the dripping from the cold side of the unit. The tap goes from full on to off in half a turn so I assume it has a ceramic valve. Normally you prise the cap off, however there seems no gap at all and a knife will not locate a gap. Here is a photo

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Nvq4t8nJaSZqe8rf7


Next I tried unscrewing the lever handle and the double ended threaded rod that fixes it into the moving part of the tap. Photo

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tGvmgZEK3fbkRp4C6


Then I tried easing off the moving part of the tap, hoping that the threaded rod that was removed was securing it. Photo

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ULeYC1dTr9TQTxX68


That didn't work either. Can anybody help me get this tap dismantled? Thanks
 
Possibly inside or under here?

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In your first photo you are trying to prise off an end cap. There is an inner circle below where you are trying, I’m pretty sure there will be a screw under that - try using a brand new Stanley knife blade.
 
Further to the saga, I did find an Allen key that fitted but the screw was stiff and graunchy but it did come off. I replaced the O-ring seal and had the graunchy hole retapped at the local engineering works.

But it still leaks. I now realise that it leaks from the body of the valve rather than the seal with the main tap.
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The local shop sells ceramic tap inserts but the splines are a different pitch
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So I am uncertain what to do.
 
Try an independent plumbers merchant and take the tap handle and see what they have
 
Yours looks like a 28 spline.
Make sure you measure the seat depth properly from the underside of the shoulder to the very end of the red seal. That is VITAL.
Try the LUNNS website.
 

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