Are you sure you have a real OEM faucet? By this point I think most or all
of them have given up. I too bought a Bus Depot replacement for the
original (OEM or not, what came in my Westy) and it worked as you describe.
Resistant, sticky, always sketchy. It finally gave up after numerous
applications of epoxy and adjustment of the internal switch. So, I did some
checking around because I didn't want to pay all that money for another
balk faucet. What I read, consistently, was that Delta 6, the company who
made them from some old molds over a decade or so, had made new molds and
the product was far superior to the previous effort. Bus Depot said the
same thing. They are not, as far as I know, the only company retailing the
Delta 6 product. But I gave the BD product a chance and was pleasantly
surprised at how much better the fit and operation was. It's perfect, well
worth the money and not to be confused with what was on the market up until
about four years ago.

Jim

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 10:15 AM Spencer Allen <soxndubs1951@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I replaced the original faucet on my 85 westy a few years back with a Bus
> Depot oem replacement. It was stiff to turn on & off from the beginning and
> I thought it would loosen up with use. That hasn't happened and a good grip
> is required to turn it and with wet hand it's almost impossible. Before I
> start messing around with it does anyone have some info on this to pass
> along. Also is anyone using the Euro only westy faucet?. I don't want to
> install a Surflo- unless I have to. Thanks all.
> Spencer
>