| If the seat is bad, yes that would matter. But if the seat was bad you'd have a drip out the spout. But if you had both a drip that COULD come out the spout and the packing was loose aound the stem at the same time, maybe it is allowing all the water to just come out the stem. You always want to inspect and relace if necessary a bad seat as long as you have the water all shut off and the stem removed.
And did you try to tighten a smaller nut or make sure the nipple that goes over the stem is good and tight, to pack the packing that goes around the stem? With your handle/stem leak, your packing is not tight. Always remember that when trying to tighten smaller nuts that you don't use great big wrenches and/or with too much force, to do so. |