Review on Danco 86971 Repair Kit for Delta featuring #212 SS Ball by Brian Rogel

Update: 01/15/2020. A few months later, one of them started leaking heavily on the hot side. I bought two of these for two different faucets. First, it's a lot cheaper than a true Delta replacement. Designed to match my faucet. That said, a few caveats.1. Of the two (missing) was the spring for the Delta faucet. The springs I had weren't worn out, so I reused them. Of course I could send it back, but that would be cumbersome. So it's a question of quality control. The second one I ordered had feathers so again just a quality control issue. Obviously it must have this set of springs.2. As already mentioned, the Delta Tool is not included in the package. This tool is "essential" for final customization. I had several wrenches and it worked fine. Others said butter knife. I'm sure other methods can be found and made to work. However, I'm sure the specific tool would have been a bit easier, but it wasn't a deal breaker for me.3. I got them to work fine, but it took more effort to adjust than I thought. I'm not sure if this will be the case with a suitable Delta spare part. But I had to fiddle with its tightening to make sure there wasn't a small, almost imperceptible leak from the spout (but I'm AR in that sense). ). So all in all I got it working and was happy to be able to make two of my faucets using Danco kits for the price of a Delta kit. However, I think in the future I'll try the matching Delta parts and see if they fit a little better and get myself this tool. Obviously, overhauling these faucets is not as difficult and far less expensive than replacing a faucet.