As I mentioned in a previous blog post. through the process of elimination I determined that the sprayer hose on my kitchen faucet needed replacing. Good news: the hose is here.
Curiously there seemed to be a product revision between when my faucet was made and when, subsequently, this replacement hose came into being. The faucet end was slightly different, mostly in that the compression nut had 4 flats rather than two. Functionally that end was the same, though.
On the other end, though, the nut that screws onto the sprayer had changed a bit more. It was ever so slightly smaller on the OD, which actually made it seat better into the bushing that I had replaced last time. On the inside, though, the threads bottomed out well before the rubber washer was compressed, which lead to quite a lot of water spraying out around the nut when I turned the faucet on.
Luckily the rubber washer on the old hose was still in good shape, and just happened to be about the right thickness to compensate for the discrepancy. So, it's in a bit of an odd state, but it's together, working, and not leaking so I'll take it.
I did keep the nut from the old hose, though, just in case. I'll hopefully never need it, but if I do, I'm sure I'll be glad to have it.
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