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What type of sprayer do you have? a pullout? or a side spray?

I don't understand how could the water not be coming out of your faucet but still coming out of the sprayer if you have a pull out? So we're on the same page, the only place water comes out of the faucet on a pull out is through the spray head. It has no spout

A side sprayer has a spout and a separate spray hose to the side

So please explain to me how water is coming out of the sprayer but not the faucet? do you mean that the wide spray function of the spray head is working but not the normal flow function in the center of the head?

OK, then you have an aerator on the end of the faucet unless it has been removed. If you don;t have an aerator then the likely culprit is the diverter inside the faucet. The diveter is what diverts the water from the spout to the side spray. It probably needs to be replaced

I should have said you have an aerator at the end of the spout

The diverter is in the faucet body typically behind the spout. If you can get the faucet apart it's pretty easy to replace. There are however dozens of different diverters and configurations. I would need the faucet model to give you specifics. Diverters typically cost less than $10. If it's a common faucet brand a service & repair plumber would typically have a replacement on his truck so the cost for a plumber to fix a common brand would typically run $100 to $150 in the Boston area (not on a weekend or holiday)

You have to remove the handle and typically the spout. Peerless is not a major brand so finding s replacement diverter my be difficult and it would be impossible without the model number of the faucet unless you have a local supplier that sells Peerless and you bring to old diverter to them so they can match it up to a replacement. You can also just remove it entirely. With most faucets the sprayer will still work

but the flow won't stop to the spout when you use the sprayer

Maybe, I need a picture to be sure

Is there a screw driver slot in the top?

That looks like a diverter. It should unscrew. Put something flat and wide enough to engage 2 opposite notches and try unscrewing it

This is not one of the standard diverter styles that some common brands share

Sometimes the diverter won't come out. Short of being there I'm as certain as I can be that what you're showing me is the diverter

Like I said sometimes they don't come out. These plastic ones are the worst offenders

There is a slim chance that how it broke might have altered it enough to make the faucet work

It depends on what style you use. One thing I can say is that you'll need a basin wrench if you want to tackle this job

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