Snowman9000
May 20, 2017Explorer
Does your toilet valve shudder when adding water?
Our Dometic 310 porcelain toilets foot pedal fill valve has always been finicky when we added water to the bowl. It shudders and is jumpy. Read on for the fix.
Apparently from the factory the valve is only held in place by its two clips. The replacement valves come with two screws which make it more secure. The screws eliminated the shuddering, and now it works smoothly. I could only get the top screw in place, but that did the trick.
You don't need a new valve, just the screws.
You can see the upper left screw at the 55 second mark in this video. The other screw in the lower right is not visible.
https://youtu.be/JSrHyIRRG50
You might use a mirror to see the empty slots and holes on yours.
Best guess, the screw is a #6 sheet metal screw. It measures 1/8 od including threads. Length 9/16, but 1/2 will be plenty long.
Apparently from the factory the valve is only held in place by its two clips. The replacement valves come with two screws which make it more secure. The screws eliminated the shuddering, and now it works smoothly. I could only get the top screw in place, but that did the trick.
You don't need a new valve, just the screws.
You can see the upper left screw at the 55 second mark in this video. The other screw in the lower right is not visible.
https://youtu.be/JSrHyIRRG50
You might use a mirror to see the empty slots and holes on yours.
Best guess, the screw is a #6 sheet metal screw. It measures 1/8 od including threads. Length 9/16, but 1/2 will be plenty long.