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• Posted in thread: Tub faucet leak when shower is on? on 05-18-2011 at 11:35 PM
  There's a special tool you have to buy to remove the diverter, but it's really cheap at Lowes,
  around $5. It's an aluminum tube with a hex end on it, and you use a screwdriver through holes
  in the oth...

• Posted in thread: Tub faucet leak when shower is on? on 05-17-2011 at 11:15 PM
  Nope, different thing. My shower has a hot and cold knob, and a knob in the center that's
  bathtub when turned all the way to the right and shower when turned all the way to the left.
  That's the knob I...

• Posted in thread: Tub faucet leak when shower is on? on 04-01-2011 at 11:35 AM
  Redwood, I went ahead and opened everything up. Didn't have the right wrench so I got one for
  $6 at Lowes. Once I pulled the diverter out, it was obvious that I had some cracked gaskets.
  Replaced them...

• Posted in thread: Tub faucet leak when shower is on? on 03-31-2011 at 07:15 PM
  Rereading this you are saying that water is coming out of the tub spout while the shower is
  selected?Yes, that's what I'm saying. Can I find the diverter valve behind the knob on the wall
  that control...

• Posted in thread: Tub faucet leak when shower is on? on 03-31-2011 at 11:36 AM
  So if the tub spout is leaking, then it's likely that something inside the wall may be as well?
  Good point! I will look into it.

• Posted in thread: Tub faucet leak when shower is on? on 03-31-2011 at 12:12 AM
  Sorry to necro-bump this thread guys, but I'm in this same predicament; my bathtub spout leaks
  when the shower is on. I can fill a few buckets full of water in one shower! It's kind of out
  of control....