Hello everybody.
I just installed a Gerber Avalanche toilet, a two-piece unit. There are 2 rubber pads that are supposed to be placed between the tank and bowl at the very rear of the unit "to prevent china-to-china contact" according to the instructions. However, when tightening the nuts to draw the tank down tight, the front of the tank touches the bowl when there is still about 1/8" of space between the rear of the tank and the rubber pads. According to the instructions, there are supposed to be only three points of contact: the rubber pads and the flush valve washer. But the tank touches the bowl long before it touches the rubber pads.
I thought maybe since this toilet has a 10" rough-in that it needed to be installed differently so I put the pads where the front of the tank touches the bowl. I tightened it up and the toilet works great with no leaking. However, if you sit down and lean back, the tank really flexes backward! Obviously the pads go at the back, unfortunately the tank can't go down far enough to touch them without touching the bowl first.
Anybody have any idea how to deal with this?
Thanks
I just installed a Gerber Avalanche toilet, a two-piece unit. There are 2 rubber pads that are supposed to be placed between the tank and bowl at the very rear of the unit "to prevent china-to-china contact" according to the instructions. However, when tightening the nuts to draw the tank down tight, the front of the tank touches the bowl when there is still about 1/8" of space between the rear of the tank and the rubber pads. According to the instructions, there are supposed to be only three points of contact: the rubber pads and the flush valve washer. But the tank touches the bowl long before it touches the rubber pads.
I thought maybe since this toilet has a 10" rough-in that it needed to be installed differently so I put the pads where the front of the tank touches the bowl. I tightened it up and the toilet works great with no leaking. However, if you sit down and lean back, the tank really flexes backward! Obviously the pads go at the back, unfortunately the tank can't go down far enough to touch them without touching the bowl first.
Anybody have any idea how to deal with this?
Thanks
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