I ran into the same sort of situation when trying to fix a faucet at the house my son bought. The final answer I found was that the faucet was old and so much corrosion had accumulated on the lever that it effectively welded the two parts together that were supposed to just slide apart.
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I ran into the same sort of situation when trying to fix a faucet at the house my son bought. The final answer I found was that the faucet was old and so much corrosion had accumulated on the lever that it effectively welded the two parts together that were supposed to just slide apart. I ended up basically destroying the handle trying to get it off.
It sounds like that 's where you are; the only thing that's going to get those handles off is overwhelming force, which is almost certainly going to damage the finish on either the faucet or the handle. If it was me, I'd be planning on a replacement now.
You could try to take the faucet out of the sink, turn it upside down, fill the space at the bottom of the handle with penetrating oil (something like PB Blaster maybe) and let it soak; that might dissolve enough of the corrosion to let the parts separate.
I ran into the same sort of situation when trying to fix a faucet at the house my son bought. The final answer I found was that the faucet was old and so much corrosion had accumulated on the lever that it effectively welded the two parts together that were supposed to just slide apart.
It sounds like that 's where you are; the only thing that's going to get those handles off is overwhelming force, which is almost certainly going to damage the finish on either the faucet or the handle. If it was me, I'd be planning on a replacement now.
You could try to take the faucet out of the sink, turn it upside down, fill the space at the bottom of the handle with penetrating oil (something like PB Blaster maybe) and let it soak; that might dissolve enough of the corrosion to let the parts separate.