I assume the old ones had the thicker gasket?

 

I believe so ,,, yes . And wider also ,,, gotta find a good #2 Ballcock !

 

I have made my own gaskets for different stuff using gasket material before.

You have to buy quite a bit for just a little cut though........

 

Like actual gasket material or a tube of gasket maker

 

Nevermind, I understand now

 

I just had that exact same problem. I ended up changing the valve out to another 45B and it was fine. I think there may be some kind of defect where the brass and plastic meet. I haven't bench tested the defective valve yet to see what the problem was yet. I will try to remember to post my findings.

So today i had to change out two fillvalves on 2 ten-12 year old 1.6 gal BRIGGS toilets .

The Pro 45B ' s WOULD NOT SEAL to the tank :furious::furious: Even pulled them and tried two others of the same type and STILL NO LUCK !! :furious::furious:

The tank on the Briggs has a funny shape underneath and i think that was not allowing the new ones to seal . The old , white plastic ones must have been designed specific .

Just wanted to send out a " HEADS UP "

Cal

 

Thanks ,,, I tried the same thing but another one leaked also

Those toilets are CRAP , have never flushed well and THANKFULLY the HO wants to change them to Gerber Vipers :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

So today i had to change out two fillvalves on 2 ten-12 year old 1.6 gal BRIGGS toilets .

The Pro 45B ' s WOULD NOT SEAL to the tank :furious::furious: Even pulled them and tried two others of the same type and STILL NO LUCK !! :furious::furious:

The tank on the Briggs has a funny shape underneath and i think that was not allowing the new ones to seal . The old , white plastic ones must have been designed specific .

Just wanted to send out a " HEADS UP "

Cal

That stinks- poorly designed and/or made material can make a good plumber look like a chump.

One time I was performing a major tank re-build for my nieghbor with him watching. I attempted to install the tank bolts in tank but they wouldn't fit in the porcelain holes. The tank said "made in Guatemala." I just turned and looked at my neighbor and said, "They just don't make toilets in Guatemala like they used to," while shaking my head. And he burst out laughing. I had to ream the holes in tank a little bigger to fit the brass tank bolts.:thumbsup:

 

that stinks- poorly designed and/or made material can make a good plumber look like a chump.

One time i was performing a major tank re-build for my nieghbor with him watching. I attempted to install the tank bolts in tank but they wouldn't fit in the porcelain holes. The tank said "made in guatemala." i just turned and looked at my neighbor and said, "they just don't make toilets in guatemala like they used to," while shaking my head. And he burst out laughing. i had to ream the holes in tank a little bigger to fit the brass tank bolts.:thumbsup:

i would like to know how did you ream the tank holes?

 

I've had problems with the holes being drilled to large in some toilets (mainly Mansfield brand) for the gasket on a Fluidmaster to seal. I carry a handful of larger gaskets for when I run into that problem.

 

That brass shank don't mean **** to me or my customers.


Just a bait trick to get plumbers to spend more money on the average fill valve.

I trust plastic nut to plastic shank long before plastic nut to brass shank.

400A's now for 20 years...don't fix what ain't broke...

 

Same her Dunbar, there is nothing wrong with using the all plastic shank works just as good as any brass one. :yes:

 

Just yesterday, I removed a toilet supply to an older brass shank, somehow the guy who installed it put it on crooked, I have no idea how it did not leak.


It was all chewed up from turning it tight, and was about a 30 degree angle. :blink:

 

Remember the flesh colored ones?

I'm still removing these....and some are getting 14 years, WITH high water pressure.

 

I still find a few of those around, now these ones are all junk, walmarts specials. I find one of these in a toilet, I remove it right on the spot.

 

Man Ron, those are my favs...easy to adjust...readily available...and CHEAP! :laughing:

 

Something easier keep a few sets of American standard close coupled bolts on your truck. A/S rep will send them to you free.