FlushingNY
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My toilet handle sticks and seems to be hindered by the lid. This is a new thing and has worked well for years. I’m sure it’s an easy fix other than getting a skinnier handle which is what my Super suggested.
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arctic bill
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some times they get loose and need to be reset. just make sure you know most threads are LEFT HAND THREAD on toilet handles.
Anything changed? New seat, new handle, new flapper?
FlushingNY
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No. When it stuck before I could adjust the top of the tank forward and that would allow some clearance between the handle and the toilet lid. That no longer works. Nothing seems to be loose or has shifted. I’m stumped!
So it's sticking on the toilet seat... just at a spacer to where the lid hits keeping it away from the handle.
Belay that. How about a pic of the guts of the toilet?
FlushingNY
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FlushingNY
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Hope you can see the new video. It flushes fine with the seat lid down.
Thanks. Not sure what to tell you other than deforming or reforming the black plastic arm somehow. The fact that the chain attachment point on the black plastic isn’t directly over the flapper attachment point requiring more upward movement of the black arm is concerning to me.
If it were me, I’d swap it out with a handle/arm combination that was metal and would allow for bending or forming for a better geometry of the setup. That or maybe get a hair dryer (being extremely cautious about using electricity around water) and bend it.
If it were me, I’d swap it out with a handle/arm combination that was metal and would allow for bending or forming for a better geometry of the setup. That or maybe get a hair dryer (being extremely cautious about using electricity around water) and bend it.
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FlushingNY
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I’m afraid this is beyond my skill level. I was hoping to avoid an expensive plumber (in Manhattan they are criminally expensive) but I will have to suck it up. Thanks for your help.
Understood. Maybe someone else will offer additional suggestions. Good luck!
A flatter toilet flush handle from Home Depot for $12?
Havasu and FlushingNY, up until this point I didn't understand what the problem was. I confused the term lid, as in seat lid, with the ceramic cover for the tank. Please forgive my ignorance.
Until such time as Flushing can find a thinner, lower profile flush handle, my solution would be to flush only when the lid was down. Alternatively, you could purchase some of those self-sticking standoff rubber or silicone feet used for the bottom of electronic equipment, etc, and stick one on the front of the tank cover to prevent the lid from getting too close to the handle. (I use these things, silicone ones, to prevent the seat lid from rapping into the back of the tank making a lot of noise).
(PS. Cute screen name for a plumbing forum.)
Until such time as Flushing can find a thinner, lower profile flush handle, my solution would be to flush only when the lid was down. Alternatively, you could purchase some of those self-sticking standoff rubber or silicone feet used for the bottom of electronic equipment, etc, and stick one on the front of the tank cover to prevent the lid from getting too close to the handle. (I use these things, silicone ones, to prevent the seat lid from rapping into the back of the tank making a lot of noise).
(PS. Cute screen name for a plumbing forum.)
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As was my suggestion, before being told to belay....
Just a cheap temp fix, since the toilet seat lead is what is binding the handle.
No, the belay was not for you. It was for me because I couldn't figure out how to delete my stupid post. My post didn't make sense, I couldn't delete it, so I was belaying myself but, apparently, ineffectively.
Your suggestion was a good one. Sometimes the cheap, temp fixes, are the best and it's amazing how things get "lost in translation" on the internet.
