Toilet troubles

drumming102 wrote:
Ok. found the problem.

The inside ball valve has 2 arms that come down. the left side arm just had it's pin come out of the hole. popped it back in and it's good as new.

Do you have to remove the toilet to see and do this? Same problem here, the big ball valve is not holding tight to the black rubber ring.

Edit to add: Never mind, I got it. You have to reach through the opening and set the arm pivot pin back into the hole. Helps to not have big hands.

My wife thinks she did it when she cleaned the toilet after the last trip.

JamesJudasPriest wrote:

JD and Beastlet wrote:

mobilefleet wrote:
step on the flush valve to open the bowl (or pull it back depending on which style you have) and take a toilet brush and clean real good behind and under the bowl seal, sometimes hard water deposits get in there and make the valve not quite seal all the way. Then take a qtip or popsicle stick and smear vaseline around the perimeter of the seal (with no water connected of course). It works

Being petroleum based, would Vaseline not attach the rubber seal?

x2 try silicon grease?

nope. Vaseline shouldn't be used on latex rubber. The seal isn't made of latex. 2 years no problems

Ok. found the problem.

The inside ball valve has 2 arms that come down. the left side arm just had it's pin come out of the hole. popped it back in and it's good as new.

Our antique T-ford pot does the same irregularly. Most times a small dose of CLR will clear it up. If the real cleaning methods don't fix it, give that a try. No promises, but it may take a rebuild to make it work right. I just try to avoid that job as long as I can.

Matt

JD and Beastlet wrote:

mobilefleet wrote:
step on the flush valve to open the bowl (or pull it back depending on which style you have) and take a toilet brush and clean real good behind and under the bowl seal, sometimes hard water deposits get in there and make the valve not quite seal all the way. Then take a qtip or popsicle stick and smear vaseline around the perimeter of the seal (with no water connected of course). It works

Being petroleum based, would Vaseline not attach the rubber seal?

x2 try silicon grease?

mobilefleet wrote:
step on the flush valve to open the bowl (or pull it back depending on which style you have) and take a toilet brush and clean real good behind and under the bowl seal, sometimes hard water deposits get in there and make the valve not quite seal all the way. Then take a qtip or popsicle stick and smear vaseline around the perimeter of the seal (with no water connected of course). It works

Being petroleum based, would Vaseline not attach the rubber seal?

I have a very small flat head screwdriver that I heated up and bent at a 90 degree angle. Cleans out that seal in no time.

I have a wire coat hanger that I bent and smoothed the end that I use to make sure the seal is clean.

mobilefleet wrote:
step on the flush valve to open the bowl (or pull it back depending on which style you have) and take a toilet brush and clean real good behind and under the bowl seal, sometimes hard water deposits get in there and make the valve not quite seal all the way. Then take a qtip or popsicle stick and smear vaseline around the perimeter of the seal (with no water connected of course). It works

Wife cleaned the seal real good with a baby wipe earlier (It was thrown in the trash not the tank) but I will try it with a brush at our next stop and do the Vaseline trick

step on the flush valve to open the bowl (or pull it back depending on which style you have) and take a toilet brush and clean real good behind and under the bowl seal, sometimes hard water deposits get in there and make the valve not quite seal all the way. Then take a qtip or popsicle stick and smear vaseline around the perimeter of the seal (with no water connected of course). It works