How to Disassemble and Clean a Moen Shower Head

[@cuzin77]

Hi thanks for the tips. Disassemble was great. Have a tip for the last step of snapping the ball in place. Turn the assembly upside down from where you have it in the video. Then press down on the white perforated plastic piec until the ball is where you want it inside the plastic (all the way down as far as possible). While continuing to press down on the perforated plastic piece (keeping the ball in place), simply pull up un the brass trumpeted piece snapping it into place. Hope this works for everyone else.

[@pbrooks4040]

make a video

[@davejalenderki]

Thank you for the video. It was very easy to follow. I would have been fighting with this thing for hours and probably would have broken it. Have a great day.

[@toddm.3947]

Excellent and timely video! I'm doing some mods to tweak the water flow and this helped a bunch. It's a blind assembly and learning about the spring loaded/press fit did the trick. I was able to get it back together pretty easily using a vise with plastic jaws which kept the shower head from getting scratched up. Easy peasy!

[@MikeWood-x8v]

Great job on this video! I would’ve never been able to do this without it!!

[@jpkrainz]

This was a big help. The final mile reassembly is quite hard, but I found that if you push the pivot ball in far enough you can flip it over to the shower side and squeeze it together. The wrench did work to push that pivot ball far enough in. Thanks again!

[@ieroine]

Sir thank you so much! I've been trying to find a video for months to know how to disassemble my shower head and finally you help me!

[@IceyIcey2023]

Thank you!! I'm upgrading my shower head builder used this Moen style but I could NOT get it off! I got a higher ladder positioned it STRAIGHT as you said then used my channel lock voila! You're my Hero

[@NewMoonLocs]

Thank you - this helped. I couldn’t figure why this shower head was not coming off but your video helped and now I changed it!!!! Thanks!!!!

[@RebelCorleone]

Glad I found this! Hopefully it works for me 😭 been trying to open this thing without breaking it for DAYS!!! 😩

[@ODACDR1]

Saved me a bunch of time and aggravation. Thank you great help!

[@robertstevens7029]

I always look online if it's not obvious. And thanks for this one! To reassemble, place a solder spool or baby jar under the center section, push down on the ball and then push down on the outside part. Takes 30 versions, little effort.

[@robertstevens7029]

Seconds, not versions

[@oliverdowney1248]

Perfect thanks. Just finished doing mine tonight

[@leisureshoot]

thanks for posting this, I was trying to unscrew from the back, like it was held in with a spanner nut.

[@Spiffygoodness2016]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@robertkeith1959]

Very helpful. Thank-you! 😃

[@jspriver]

thank you for posting this

[@patrickkools2495]

Just what I needed, thanks!

[@ken6092]

Some elaboration on the process: Remove the showerhead as described, then thread a short piece of 1/2" iron pipe into the showerhead. Turn the showerhead face down on two boards, with the white plastic face and rubber nipples clear of the wood and the wood supporting the face of the metal cover. Give the iron pipe solid whacks with a mallet/hammer until the showerhead insides fly out. The ball of the ball-and-socket will stay on the iron pipe. Clean the innards as described in the video. When reassembling, put the showerhead innards face down on the floor or someplace sturdy, slip the metal cover over them, then insert the ball with the iron pipe still attached. SIMULTANEOUSLY push down on the iron pipe (until the ball is pushed deep within the innards of the showerhead) AND force the metal cover down. With enough force, it will snap in place.

[@romeldiaz2614]

Nice thanks for the info i got it very easy I thought I have to hammer this thing 🎉🎉🎉

[@vmd999]

Thank you for the review. In, the first step there was no way via my hand that I could pop out the inner unit. Instead I position the unit upside down in between two boards with the edge just of the outside rim of the assembly, I then used a vise grip to press the inside unit out.

[@TheaterPopcorn]

Great video, thank you! Amazing what you can stumble across here. Wasn't looking this, but have the same shower head and was planning to soak the whole thing in vinegar, but your video showed me that there was more to breaking it down simply into basic parts, so THANK YOU!! Any idea how to clean hardwater spots off a Moen 6191 bathroom faucet? There's not a removable aerator/spout - the aerator screws directly up into the faucet, so the faucet has wicked hard calcium accumulation at the spout.

[@MrDstegner119]

Amazon sells a kit with multiple size aerators and the keys to remove them. They just twist off

[@b6q584]

The shower face front of mine is recessed at the housing. It is not flush, it’s concave as the outer rim of the head fixture extends past the center, like a bowl. So I would to try and press the external housing back down onto the guts of the thing, both would hit the flat surface, the bench, I was pressing against . So I put the whole thing front face side down, just as he does in the video , on a roll of electrical tape, so there was room for the outer rim of the head housing to pop down beyond the shower face front.

[@mannyc85]

You’re amazing dude!

[@hacklnh]

Excellent, thanks!

[@karenfyffe7660]

Solved my issue! Thank you!!

[@triciawells3708]

Thank you. I hoped it would work for my Moen A112.18.1m brass shower head, but while it looked the same, it would not pop out.

[@alexandramarchese4229]

Very helpful!! Thank you!!

[@tialynn1111]

Do I need crescent wrench

[@rmatarrita]

Thanks for the tips!

[@zeon2009]

Mine is so hard to remove any idea why??? It’s so dirty too.

[@keisha6056]

Thank you do much!!!

[@thibou1000]

Not sure but I read you should never use plumber putty on shower head tread . Only plumber tape . Anyone know ?

[@goldfinch102]

Does’t vinegar ruin finish?

[@vikramsuvarna5614]

This doesn't work on Moen A112.18.1m shower head. It just won't pop out.

[@kimcaprese1044]

My problem right now. The spring prevent it's from popping out. I can only push it down with it. Have you found a solution?

[@godfat001]

Same here . Any luck ?

[@vikramsuvarna5614]

I had to change my shower head. It didn't work out for me.

[@awilliams5007]

Tapped it with a hammer, came out. But the insides are differrent That step is unnecessary, remove the small center cap to reveal a screw Remove the screw and you're in

[@KOD_72]

What happens if the ball piece is stuck on the arm but the shower head came off??

[@tippydaytona4900]

WARNING!!! While disassembled you will notice a little blue or green plastic insert that severely restricts water flow. Do NOT remove at the risk of your wife’s enthusiastic sexual attention when she realizes how much more amazing her showers are due to the increased water pressure, all thanks to her manly-man amateur plumber husband. You have been warned.

[@PankajSahu-hh8yl]

I am having hard time inserting the swivel thing into the middle shower head, anyone has tips how to do it? I tried following the steps in video but it’s way too hard to insert it.

[@NolandBell]

Yeah that reassembly didn't work for me at all. That metal ball piece popped out and the rest popped into place, basically ruining the whole unit.

[@ssowings]

Me too! I wish someone would post how to fix this. I’m at a total loss😕

[@franmulvey714]

Put a little hair conditioner on the ball when reassembling and it snaps in much easier.

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

Moen warrant

[@tomyen187]

Mine is 95% new, but it required more than 10x of the force to open that way. What a terrible design.

[@garyking6365]

Just toss that shower head into the trash and buy a new shower head of a different brand