Pfister S74-2920 Avanti Cartridge

Fit my old bathtub fixture perfect. Now its nice and easy to pull out and push in

Perfect replacment for 1980s style avanti cartage which is push and pull for shower.Turn type. Easy install. Good price and fast deliever.

Very good as it works better than expected and is the right product for my needs or in other words it fixed the shower valve problem.

Perfect fit and easy to install once you are able to remove the old one. In my case I was replacing an original valve from 1987 so understandably it was a nightmare to remove no matter how much pressure I exerted. After trying various solutions over 2 days, spraying the old valve with WD-40 and letting it soak for 2 hours finally worked. The new valve is perfect and makes turning on the water and adjusting the pressure or temperature simple and easily done with one finger. Just make sure you apply a generous amount of silicone grease on the new valve to make it easily removable in the future if needed.

Our shower valve broke and we did a lot of searching on the internet to find the matching part - that was the hardest part of the project since the shower had a lever style handle without any manufacturer markings. Finally found out that we had Pfister Avanti push/pull type cartridge and also found a very helpful youtube video on how to replace it and decided to try it ourselves (had a plumber's number handy though just in case). I ordered the part on Saturday night and it arrived on Sunday morning. The quality of the part is good, it is plastic with metal stem. Googled youtube video title "How to replace a 30 year old Price Pfister AVANTI shower cartridge" and followed the instructions. The replacement was a success and works great!

My contractor-friend spent a frustrating afternoon, trying to figure out why the bootleg replacement part wasn't working. We bought it from a local plumbing supply place with a no-return policy. It just didnt fit right. It has to be exact /perfect fit and only a real part will work. After ordering this OEM part from Amazon, the entire procedure took only minutes to replace vs hours with the part from the plumbing shop. I noticed there's still some minor seepage, although when I returned from a recent two-week trip, there was zero residual leaking. My suggestion: 1) buy only OEM as I did on Amazon 2) follow the videos you can find online 3) have the right tools (you don't need many) and 4) Just try to do it even if you're a newbie at this. A plumber could charge you hundreds of dollars to replace a cartridge-and an unscrupulous one might try to tell you you need to replace the fixtures. With the right part and tools, even a novice can complete the task! (4 stars as I'm still noticing some very minor seepage/leaking, but I'm optimistic it will evaporate!)

Do yourself a big favor. Just spend the $25 and get this OEM stem from Pfister. It's well made, with a metal collar, really easy and smooth to operate, and it's lifetime warrantied by Pfister. I made the mistake of buying a cheap knockoff one from Home Depot made by Dayco, and it was awful. The collar is plastic, and on a shower handle, it was really difficult to pull out and push in for me, let alone for a elder with limited strength. For awhile, I thought that it was just because the stem was new, and gradually it would loosen up. But it never did, and when I took the Dayco knockoff one out, the seals were all blown and the stem kept binding if I tried to move it up and down. The moment I instead this OEM one, the handle was smooth and easy to operate. I wasted like $15 on the Dayco stem from Home Depot and should have just ordered this one from here. And now, I get to replace 2 more :(

Perfect replacement, excellent value. Operated exactly as advertised

good

Muy buen producto

besoin d'un autre

I bought this as a damaged box clearance item was in perfect condition with small dammage to the package as advertised no surprises. great value.