Mark J. Wallin
New Member
I have a two year old Drake (ECO model I believe) with a 3" flush which developed a loud squealing noise problem after being flushed. I fixed that by replacing the disk inside the flush valve, but then I noticed a quieter noise sounding like the toilet was running, which was intermittent and erratic. I turned off the feed valve but the noises persisted so I guessed that the flapper was not sealing.
I decided to try to replace the flapper after doing a little research on replacement. Some of your Youtube videos showed that replacing the flapper was very trivial, except in my case it wasn't. Unlike the flappers shown, mine had a flapper that was made of extremely hard, un-bendable plastic that refused to come off the lugs. Some postings indicated that either you couldn't remove the flapper without replacing the entire assembly (that was supposedly related by a Toto technician) or you had to chop or saw them off (!!). In trying to remove the flapper and not being an expert, I naturally broke off one of the lugs on the pipe. I would like to fix this without removing the tank. I saw a Fluidmaster replacement part (400CARP5) that would do the job but it fits only 2" flushes. Is there nothing like that for a 3" flush? Is the only way to fix this going to require removal of the tank?
I decided to try to replace the flapper after doing a little research on replacement. Some of your Youtube videos showed that replacing the flapper was very trivial, except in my case it wasn't. Unlike the flappers shown, mine had a flapper that was made of extremely hard, un-bendable plastic that refused to come off the lugs. Some postings indicated that either you couldn't remove the flapper without replacing the entire assembly (that was supposedly related by a Toto technician) or you had to chop or saw them off (!!). In trying to remove the flapper and not being an expert, I naturally broke off one of the lugs on the pipe. I would like to fix this without removing the tank. I saw a Fluidmaster replacement part (400CARP5) that would do the job but it fits only 2" flushes. Is there nothing like that for a 3" flush? Is the only way to fix this going to require removal of the tank?