Pfister 940977S Loop Handle, Stainless Steel

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1. Ryan Feeley Verified Buyer – 14 January 2025

   Pfister changed to these metal-coated plastic handles when they were getting frequent cartridge failures. Or when they cheaped out and switched to lower-cost cartridges. The single set-screw attachment that worked find for an all-metal version is garbage on the plastic one. If you tighten enough to keep the handle from wiggling, the plastic will break. Especially if your SO likes to bang on the handle to turn the water off. I eventually got fed up with this and potted the entire thing with J-B Weld 8276 KwikWeld Quick Setting Steel Reinforced Epoxy. Applied over many days in layers of about 1/8″ thick. PITA to do, but it’s been 6 months and it’s holding up great.

   

2. VM Verified Buyer – 4 April 2025

   Quality of the material was very poor. It was like plastic material not very sturdy. The handle does not come with hex key so make sure you have that if you plan to purchase.
   

3. jp Verified Buyer – 9 April 2025

   This handle works on some older Price Pfister kitchen faucets. It’s not like the original handle that was all metal and rather heavy. However this plastic one works with the newer cartridges which can’t take the weight of the old handle and and won’t stay on (slowly moves to off position). The “shut off by itself” problem started when the cartridge design was changed and it didn’t have the same frictional holding power – move so easily the handle weight turned it off.

   However, the supplied set screw with the new handle is wrong. It’s a #10 standard thread, but the handle is actually a M5-0.8 thread (5mm). Those two are almost identical, but not exactly the same. A #10 fits into an M5 thread, loosely, while an M5 won’t fit a #10. The supplied set screw won’t hold, will start to slip threads when you tighten it, because it’s loose. The M5 is a perfect fit and you can tighten the handle properly to the cartridge.

   So buy an M5 set screw and this handle will work fine.