I have a Toto toilet. About 5% of flushes the chain gets caught up on the overflow tube and prevents the valve from closing; so it just runs until someone notices.
Could I replace the chain with fishing line? It can't get caught up like the chain.
Seems simple enough to me, but maybe there is a compelling reason they use chain.
People do use it in a pinch until they can get the right part.
Have you tried to use another hole and adjust chain accordingly? IE. shorten it as Mike suggests. Also try to use the hole that gets the chain directly above flapper.
When looking inside the tank and the trip lever is at rest there should be very little slack left in the chain going down to the flapper...only a few links tops. If you haven't already figured that out.
There's a couple of requirements when using fishing line. 1) a fish hook must be tied to each end to hook into the arm and flapper. 2) to attach the hooks to the line the DIY-er must know how to tie a bowline knot. :laughing:
I have switched from bowlines to fisherman loops. I haven't found them in any book (just a loop made of a fishermans knot) but I find bowlines can work loose if they are not constantly under tension.
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