Delta Universal Seats and Springs Repair Kit RP4993

Good Product [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

Works perfect [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

Used with replacement valve. Worked as expected. As good or better than OEM as far as I can tell. #sweepstakes [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

Worked as expected

It's the right part for my sink faucet

Aftermarket, generic repair seals and springs may be a little cheaper or you get a dozen for the price of two Delta seals/springs but the quality is just not there. A plumbing shop sold me the generics and told me they would work but they did not. The rubber seals were much harder and and the springs much stiffer than OEM parts. Result was decreased water flow from both faucets. Went to a different place for the Delta brand and faucets now work like new. The old saying "you get what you pay for" is absolutely true in this case.

I had previously bought and installed 2 different sets of aftermarket seats, both quickly caused the faucet lever to bind and move hard, one set leaked. With these seats the faucet is back to working properly.

We built new home 12 yrs ago and several plumbers talked me out of buying all Kohler faucets. They said buy Delta instead. I am glad I did. I am 74 and the same washers and spring repair ALL my Delta faucets

The plastic seats does not last long, about a year, had to replace 5 on the same unit. The cold water seat gets ripped and then the tub faucet starts leaking. Not sure if it's a bad 1700 series cartridge causing the seat to rip prematurely.

Back to get more replacement parts. Seems to be on a 2 year cadence. Bad time for it to go bad with company coming for the holidays. We're considering replacing our bathroom counters so this may be the last time I do this. I understand that Delta's design for this is deficient relative to others. On the plus side, they're very easy to replace and the faucet is very pretty.