Review on Pfister 9510390 Avalon/Marielle/Treviso 26 Series Diverter: Enhance Your Faucet with Precision Control by Marklen Baeskens

Short Story. It fits our Mariella faucet and replacing the entire sink with the same one is a fraction of the cost. longer version. Our Marielle faucet is probably 10 years old. The water pressure dropped and dropped. We flushed everything and started the flow from the sprayer but not the faucet. Now we use the syringe for everything. The problem is that sometimes the atomizer gets stuck and we "wash" the room. Incidentally, lubricant helps for one to two weeks at a time. Pooh. But on the bright side, we've narrowed the pressure issue down to this diverter. Found in the Pfister spots. Our old one was white but this black version is the same. The problem was removing the old one. Here's what we did. CLOSE THE HOT AND COLD WATER SUPPLY VALVES FIRST. For us, we used handles under the sink. Then, using a strong screwdriver and strong pressure, he pulled the metal clip out of the divertor. This will free the diverter from the top faucet. The side post that connects to the handle is designed so that you push the round piece of plastic against the hose while you pull on the diverter. We used a flat head screwdriver and wrench to push through the plastic. I don't know which tool helped better. But it worked. in summary. Now the changeover was only connected to the syringe hose at the bottom. This allowed us to pull the diverter out from under the sink to see what we were doing. For the bottom hole, a round piece of plastic is pushed into the side of the diverter and a metal tube comes out to the atomizer (opposite the handle on the side). However, our round part broke there. We tried many things to make it work. Then we carefully sawed off the upper 2/3 of the divertor at the narrowest point with a hand saw. Then I made 2 diagonal cuts in the connector (both sides) until the metal tube broke off. To reinstall, first wipe off any dirt or plastic sawdust. Try inserting a metal clip into the top slots of the new deflector. Take off the clip. Then slide the bottom of the new switch onto the spray wand/hose. Then install a NEW O-RING on top of the new switch. Slide the diverter onto the bottom of the faucet. Position it so that the side post faces the handle mechanism. Install the metal clip in place; Apply strong pressure to the knee of the clamp (I used the groove on the side of the screwdriver handle to help); and adjust the position of the switch until the clip is attached. If you position it correctly, it looks like it's sliding inwards. Now slide the grip tube onto the side post. CHECK: Turn on a cold water faucet, look for leaks under the sink. If everything is in order, open the water tap and check for leaks again. When it's good, do the same with hot water. We had a few drops on each valve. Rotating each of them all the way helped. We spent too much time assembling it (12 hours?) due to cracks in the plastic. But it was worth it. Now let's try to get used to this amount of water!