Bathroom Sink Lift-Rod Drip Problem ?

[Bob]

Hi,

What a really great group and folks.

Sr. Citizen now, so bear with me a bit if I don't explain my problem all that well.

Our bathroom sink has a leak. The faucet has the very typical separate hot and cold valves, and a center spout.

The center spout, right behind it, has the rod for opening and closing the sink drain by pulling up and down on it.

When the water is running, a substantial drip develops on the rod (under the counter), which I believe is called the "lift rod".

Not the horiz. piece where it enters the drain pipe, but coming right down the vertical lift rod itself.

The ball fitting and gasket where the horiz piece enters the drain is where I thought initially the problem was, but not so.

The drip is really coming right down the lift rod.

Hard for me to understand, therefore, where it is initially originating from, and/or what causes. How can water be getting from either faucet to this vertical rod ?

Any thoughts on this, or how to repair would be appreciated.

Hopefully don't want to replace the whole faucet assembly.

Much thanks, Bob

[Dwayne F. Schneider]

We need another clue Bob.

Do the drippings occur when running the hot water only?

Do the drippings occur when running the cold water only?

[Bob]

Hi,

Either H or C.

Thanks, Bob

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[Bob]

Hi,

Either H or C.

Bob

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[21blackswan]

you might try:

"start" to dismantle as much as you can, and see what develops down there, leak wise ... this way, you might [accidentally] find the solution; learning something as you go

[and you may end up having doing this anyway]

marc

[bob haller]

the rod goes thru a seal, might try tightening it a bit.

[makolber]

also how about if you stopper the drain .

or the opposite, fill the sink, turn of the spigot, them empty.

does it leak while filling or while emptying?

m

[Tekkie®]

bob haller posted for all of us...

No it doesn't Bob; the OP is talking about the lift rod - vertical - that goes into the clip to open or close the pop up - that has seal but it not where he is having his problem.

I think Oren gave the best reply.

[Wilson]

I have the same exact issue. I have glacier by bathroom sink faucet. Any resolution to this?

[micky]

What issue do you have?

When are people from howmeownershub going to learn that their posts are posted to Usenet, which has many times as many people participating, and especially to alt.home.repair, where people know more than those at homeowners, but the preceding post or posts are almost never included or posted separately.

So when wwe see a post, we usually don't know what you guys are talking about.

So I repeat. What is your issue? The subject line is not detailed enough.

And why are most of your posts only one line. Is it 1875 and you're being charged by the word? If you were on Usenet, you could write posts as long as you want, including all the facts.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Enough information to give a fix. Get rid of the Glacier Bay and replace it with Moen or Kohler. Problem solved.

[Al Gore]

Me too!

No action required.  Global warming will eventually melt the glacier.

[trader_4]

If by the same issue you mean that water is running down the lift rod from the top of the sink, then there is a leak up there. If it leaks with both hot and cold, only while running, then it would seem to be from the spout. Unless water is ponding on the sink around the faucets or spout and coming from there, you're probably going to have to pull the faucet out. But I'd try to get a look up there first, if possible. Might also be easier to remove the whole sink to work on it.

[Tekkie©]

On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 23:00:58 +0000, Wilson posted for all of us to digest...

1. Try tightening the lift rod nut. 2. Then try to get a new lift rod assy.
2. Then use their warranty. I presume they are warrantied for life but IDK.

Does anyone know if my posts ever show up over there?

[Dean Hoffman]

It looks like it:

[Tekkie©]

On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 15:40:37 -0800 (PST), Dean Hoffman posted for all of us to digest...

Thanks, I never go to the (site). I guess that is how one finds out how old it is... I often wonder how poster were able to see the age. Thanks, Dean

I am curious as to how the water is actually getting there. No one is more sloppy than me and my Moen doesn't display any signs of this. I don't recall any kind of seal on the lift rod itself.

[trader_4]

It's not the lift rod seal that's leaking. That is at the drain pipe. The OP is talking about water running down the lift rod that goes up to the handle at the faucet.

[Tekkie©]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:15:31 -0800 (PST), trader_4 posted for all of us to digest...

I addressed this in an earlier post. The water is coming down from the top of the pop up to a 'bracket' to the lift rod. I don't believe there is a seal for the pop up. Terminology torsion~~

[trader_4]

They described it as water running down the lift rod. The one's I've seen, there is no bracket, it's just a rod that goes from the knob at the faucet straight down to the lift mechanism on the drain pipe. At that point there is a metal arm with a seal that goes into the drain pipe to lift it. If water is running down the rod, it's coming from near the top, where the faucets are, either from water pooling around the faucets or a fresh water leak.

[Tekkie©]

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 05:54:02 -0800 (PST), trader_4 posted for all of us to digest...

zackly Now where is the water coming from, the hot/cold valves, casting defect, I dun no. Think the OP will get back to us?