NOLAheartbreaker no problem glad this video helped you sometimes you just need to see one thing that you didn't know and it clicks when you see it done and your like oh lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!! 💯
Hi! Thanks for this! I just bought a brand new one of these models from Kohler-all the inner workings of the upper tank were pre-assembled. After installation, the canister would not seat well, causing the water to slowly flow down around it, repeatedly causing the refill value to open every 5-20 minutes (randomly). I thought the gasket itself had a flaw. Your video showed me how to disassemble the canister apparatus-whereupon I suddenly discovered that they, from the factory, had made the chain one link too short!!! This prevented the canister from falling down completely, preventing the seal from working. How ridiculous is that???? But your video caused me to fully understand what to do. Many, many thanks!!!!! You made the fix quick and easy. Hats off to your efforts, good sir!
TY! You just saved me the cost of a plumber visit. I'm used to the normal flapper system which I've been fixing easily all my life. I was not familiar with this canister flush valve so Thank you!
So used the Ex Wifes toothbrush for the cleaning, it was great that the video had the part number and the receipt so I could just take pictures show then to the Homedepot desk and they brought me the right part. Super easy
I just replaced one today! A far better system than the flapper! In a 24 unit apartment building it was the only Kohler unit we have. Ran to Lowe's and found the replacement is now a yellow one. Definitely GOTTA scale off that old seal!
I agree that your water does not look good... hope you have a good filter on your drinking water. Showing in detail how that canister comes off... priceless info. Thank you so so much!
D Hager thank you for tip I really appreciate it. My house is about 15 yrs old were still young so I’ve learned the hard way that everything breaks at some point lol. I’ll look into a Walter filter to correct the problem because you’re right the water should not be that color. Thank you again and I hope the video was informative. I had to fix so much stuff I thought I’d put out a video to maybe help someone else! 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Folks, don't put ANY cleaning products--tabs, etc.--in your top tank. That is why this guy's seal failed. Clean your toilet at the bowl. Let nothing but water go inside the top tank. Also, unhook the chain before doing this job. It's very easy, and you won't end up twisting and shortening the chain while turning the canister. A too-short chain can cause the canister not to seat all the way, and your toilet water will run. And, if your valves are over a few years old, you might want to turn off your water at the meter. Doing so will help prevent having to replace and old valve (a pain in the butt, and more expense), instead of just replacing a simple seal. Lastly, as of 8/12/22, Lowes has the Koehler center post that holds the canister. So, if you break this while turning to loosen or tighten, you have this post available. Cost was $10 and change for the center post.
Hi, this was very helpful and so easy to understand. Thanks for the parts and what kind you used. I watched a few videos today and I liked how you gave the directions that included everything that made it easy to figure out. Thank you so much.*****
Yours went about as well as mine. I had trouble getting it to turn so I could get it out, couldn't undo the chain, etc. After a couple of flushes, I finally got it to seat properly, had to mess with that center piece, trying not to break it, Bit it works now!!!! Thanks for the tutorial!
Thanks for the video. I have been needing this for a few months now. The plummer did not contact me back when the part came in from Kohler. Perhaps I can put the part in now that I have watched your video. Take care. 😀
Thanks. Just changed mine. I couldn’t get the water supply tube to come off so I just had to be careful. My seal didn’t look too bad so I’m not sure if this was the problem but we’ll see.
I recommend grabbing from the bottom of the plastic piece to twist it out of the base..mine was pretty tight and I am sure it would have snapped if I continued to twist it from the top like you did....I did both of my toilets at the base and it took all of 5 minutes...thanks
I’m fairly certain that the rubber rots much faster in the presence of toilet tank cleaners. Ours did fine for 5+ years until we started using the drop-ins. Less than 1 year later, and ours rotted exactly like this.
Hey no problem I’m glad I was able to help although I know it’s was a bit long I prob should have made it a bit shorter but I just wanted to be explain and be as detailed as possible lol. Thanks for watching I appreciate it! 💯👊🏻
+vu quan 😂😂😂 ikr I was just doing a diy video in the meantime while I'm waiting for shoes to drop 😂💯 thanks for watching and commenting I know everyone is prob like what in the world lol 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👊🏻😎
Thanks most of my videos are about shoes but after owning a home and having to learn how to fix everything yourself to save money is a lot of work. I had to watch CZcams videos on how to replace a toilet how fix hot/cold cartridge in the showe my heater went and ac went out I had to replace a moherboard in my unit they wanted to charge me a thousand to do that I just looked up the part for 250-300 and just unplugged all the cables and moved it over to the new board saved myself 700 bucks. My heater went out it wouldn't stay ignited so I just took a napkin to the flame sensor wiped it down a little and got heat again. I never realized how much stuff could go wrong owning a home lol. I even had to replace my ac unit condenser tray that the condensation of water drips into because it was rusted and had holes in so water was l leaking through my roof lol. I had to watch CZcams videos because they changed the how new trays look like so I had to saw off extra pvp pipes to make it and had to buy glue that seals the the pvp pipe so it wouldn't leak. My house isn't even that old either lol. Glad the vid helpted! thanks for watching and commenting 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👊🏻😎
It's not defective. My first seal lasted 9 years and 7 months. We installed the toilet when we bought the house 9 years and 9 months ago and I am replacing it for the first time today. If you use chemical cleaners in the tank to automatically clean your bowl, that will cause premature deterioration of the seal also. Mineral buildup will prevent a seal also if your water is particularly hard. I see signs of sediment or mineral buildup in the bottom of this tank. My tank has none of that after 10 years. Those things have nothing to do w/ quality of the product. No... I don't work for Kohler. Thanks for the guidance. It worked first time.
I have the same system but I cannot get the cylinder off. Counter clockwise turn doesn’t work. I am afraid to break it because is contorts as I turn. Any ideas? Without that coming off this is hardly an easy job.
Marilyn I apologize I’ve never had that issue you might want to ask someone at Home Depot you might need to replace the entire canister valve inside or it might have something to do with your water line. Thanks for watching
I’m not certain it really kind of depends on if it’s a canister like the model I have or something newer but the gasket seal for this canister is cheap and there are probably even cheaper ones on Amazon now. I just picked up one from my local Home Depot. There’s really not many gasket sizes if you were to search for your model it would tell you if it’s the correct gasket. Also sorry to everyone that’s watched this I uploaded this like 5 years ago and I’m not a professional CZcamsr I was recording this myself using my phone. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it and I hope it helped.
@@TheSneakerCraze Thanks! I found the exact one on Amazon. It looks like Kohler had two sizes but changed the color when they changed size. All is working great now. warning: I did manage to break the locking mechanism on the canister but that also was only $8 on amazon (arrivng tomorrow). Plastic in water over time just gets crusty and easily breakable. Now if I can figure out how to fix my new Toto which is also running incessantly.
Miteki B lol um yeah I was pretty surprised myself when it started to leak like that. I had only installed it for around that long. I can’t remember when I made this video but I haven’t had any issues since with the new seal. I had to learn how to fix pretty much everything in my house either through CZcams vids or online instructions lol. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad to know I’m not the only one 💯
Reporting here that my original pink seal lasted just over 10 years. It was badly deteriorated. If it had begun leaking earlier, I did not detect it. Water minerals make a difference. This vid made the replacement easy. Thank you.
You got your water level set to high shouldn’t be coming over the top of it there’s a fill line on there on the side adjust the screw on the fill valve
Thanks for the reply i may need to look into that. we don't use well water we have a mud department for water. the water that comes out of the showers and sinks is not brown brownish like that but i'll look into the house water filter if we have one. i've had to do a lot of maintenance repairs myself like fixing my heating unit replacing the hot/cold water cartridge in the stand up shower. the ac condenser water catch pan rusted had to replace that with a new one and i had to figure all these things out either by watching youtube vids or trial and error. Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Joy Barker sorry about the long video I was kind of recording myself and I don’t edit it’s just one straight review of what I did. It really bothered me that I had to replace the ring only after having it for like 2 years but since I replaced the new one I haven’t had any issues. Thanks for watching!
You realize that you kinked the chain that connects flush handle to the flush tower by indiscriminately turning the flush tower over right?The water level in your toilet tank is way too high,the water level should be from half inch to three quarters of an inch from the top of the flush tower (or overflow tube if your toilet has a standard flush valve with an overflow tube.).
I replaced EVERY gasket and seal and it still leaked from the tank into the bowl. I finally fixed it by setting it to the curb and installing an American Standard toilet.
Oh really? I didn’t know that! Come to think of it I think I did drop a tablet in there a few weeks after I installed the new toilet. That must have caused the seal to turn to mush like that. I don’t use the tablets anymore but thanks for that information!! Thanks for watching and commenting!! Now I know something new myself
TheSneakerCraze I installed two brand new to kholers like yours. Five years ago no problems. I dont use chlorine....I suspect the city water use lots of chlorine. Good info Thx
Levi Strauss oh wow yeah I stopped using chlorine tabs I just clean toilet manually with the blue Lysol gel now. It really shocked me how it had deteriorated like that. I just made the video to try and help because over the years I’ve had to learn how to fix everything in my house lol. The American dream to own a house until everything starts breaking on you lol. Thanks again for the info and watching 💯💯🙏🏻🙏🏻👊🏻😎
Thank you. I appreciate your attention to detail. Your video saved me a call to my plumber and at least $150 and a day off from work! Well done.
Thank you. I was having trouble getting the canister off until I saw this video.
NOLAheartbreaker no problem glad this video helped you sometimes you just need to see one thing that you didn't know and it clicks when you see it done and your like oh lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!! 💯
THANKS for the help, got seal on Amazon and took about 3 min to replace seal using your instructions!!!
Hi! Thanks for this! I just bought a brand new one of these models from Kohler-all the inner workings of the upper tank were pre-assembled. After installation, the canister would not seat well, causing the water to slowly flow down around it, repeatedly causing the refill value to open every 5-20 minutes (randomly). I thought the gasket itself had a flaw. Your video showed me how to disassemble the canister apparatus-whereupon I suddenly discovered that they, from the factory, had made the chain one link too short!!! This prevented the canister from falling down completely, preventing the seal from working. How ridiculous is that???? But your video caused me to fully understand what to do. Many, many thanks!!!!! You made the fix quick and easy. Hats off to your efforts, good sir!
Thanks 😊. Also, thanks for showing me the packaging of what it looks like with the product number when I go to Home Depot.
Thanks so very much - the video was simple to understand and saves me $255 by doing this myself. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
I followed right along with the tutorial and cleaned and replaced the seal. Very detailed and slow enough to do while listening. Thank you😊
TY! You just saved me the cost of a plumber visit. I'm used to the normal flapper system which I've been fixing easily all my life. I was not familiar with this canister flush valve so Thank you!
So used the Ex Wifes toothbrush for the cleaning, it was great that the video had the part number and the receipt so I could just take pictures show then to the Homedepot desk and they brought me the right part. Super easy
lol!
I just replaced one today! A far better system than the flapper! In a 24 unit apartment building it was the only Kohler unit we have. Ran to Lowe's and found the replacement is now a yellow one. Definitely GOTTA scale off that old seal!
Thanks….used your video guidance to change my seal quickly & easily today. Just wanted to let you know how much your videos help people out.
I agree that your water does not look good... hope you have a good filter on your drinking water. Showing in detail how that canister comes off... priceless info. Thank you so so much!
D Hager thank you for tip I really appreciate it. My house is about 15 yrs old were still young so I’ve learned the hard way that everything breaks at some point lol. I’ll look into a Walter filter to correct the problem because you’re right the water should not be that color. Thank you again and I hope the video was informative. I had to fix so much stuff I thought I’d put out a video to maybe help someone else! 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This video helped me fix the toilet in my new place. Thank you!!!!!
Folks, don't put ANY cleaning products--tabs, etc.--in your top tank. That is why this guy's seal failed. Clean your toilet at the bowl. Let nothing but water go inside the top tank. Also, unhook the chain before doing this job. It's very easy, and you won't end up twisting and shortening the chain while turning the canister. A too-short chain can cause the canister not to seat all the way, and your toilet water will run. And, if your valves are over a few years old, you might want to turn off your water at the meter. Doing so will help prevent having to replace and old valve (a pain in the butt, and more expense), instead of just replacing a simple seal. Lastly, as of 8/12/22, Lowes has the Koehler center post that holds the canister. So, if you break this while turning to loosen or tighten, you have this post available. Cost was $10 and change for the center post.
Hi, this was very helpful and so easy to understand. Thanks for the parts and what kind you used. I watched a few videos today and I liked how you gave the directions that included everything that made it easy to figure out. Thank you so much.*****
Yours went about as well as mine. I had trouble getting it to turn so I could get it out, couldn't undo the chain, etc. After a couple of flushes, I finally got it to seat properly, had to mess with that center piece, trying not to break it, Bit it works now!!!! Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you so much for the great video on replacing of seal.
Thank you for making this video. I am having the same problem.
Thanks for the video. I have been needing this for a few months now. The plummer did not contact me back when the part came in from Kohler. Perhaps I can put the part in now that I have watched your video. Take care. 😀
Thanks. Just changed mine. I couldn’t get the water supply tube to come off so I just had to be careful. My seal didn’t look too bad so I’m not sure if this was the problem but we’ll see.
I recommend grabbing from the bottom of the plastic piece to twist it out of the base..mine was pretty tight and I am sure it would have snapped if I continued to twist it from the top like you did....I did both of my toilets at the base and it took all of 5 minutes...thanks
Thanks. That was easy
Great demonstration.. thank you
Thanks for the vid, big help.
great video
Awesome, thank you!
I heard you have to push down before you turn the center part.
Great video.
Great job. I guess my question would be why do they wear out so quick.
I’m fairly certain that the rubber rots much faster in the presence of toilet tank cleaners. Ours did fine for 5+ years until we started using the drop-ins. Less than 1 year later, and ours rotted exactly like this.
How bout made in CHIIIINNNAA
Thanks
Thank you!
Hey no problem I’m glad I was able to help although I know it’s was a bit long I prob should have made it a bit shorter but I just wanted to be explain and be as detailed as possible lol. Thanks for watching I appreciate it! 💯👊🏻
@@TheSneakerCraze No worries! You saved me $$ and I fast forwarded to the part that I needed. Thank you!
Very odd that it would deteriorate that quickly that quickly. Did you ever add bleach to the box to clean it? Bleach may attack some rubber parts.
lol this is not about sneakers?!?!?! jk great video man, now i know how to replace the seal.
+vu quan 😂😂😂 ikr I was just doing a diy video in the meantime while I'm waiting for shoes to drop 😂💯 thanks for watching and commenting I know everyone is prob like what in the world lol 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👊🏻😎
Thanks for the info.
Thanks most of my videos are about shoes but after owning a home and having to learn how to fix everything yourself to save money is a lot of work. I had to watch CZcams videos on how to replace a toilet how fix hot/cold cartridge in the showe my heater went and ac went out I had to replace a moherboard in my unit they wanted to charge me a thousand to do that I just looked up the part for 250-300 and just unplugged all the cables and moved it over to the new board saved myself 700 bucks. My heater went out it wouldn't stay ignited so I just took a napkin to the flame sensor wiped it down a little and got heat again. I never realized how much stuff could go wrong owning a home lol. I even had to replace my ac unit condenser tray that the condensation of water drips into because it was rusted and had holes in so water was l leaking through my roof lol. I had to watch CZcams videos because they changed the how new trays look like so I had to saw off extra pvp pipes to make it and had to buy glue that seals the the pvp pipe so it wouldn't leak. My house isn't even that old either lol. Glad the vid helpted! thanks for watching and commenting 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👊🏻😎
Oh, you're not kidding. We all can benefit by helping each other out.
A house is a constant source of " fix it" chores .
Thanks !!
Thanks Man I got it!
reynie pascua sorry for the late response but I'm glad if it helped!!
Kohler toilets cost a lot more than others, so I DON'T KNOW why Kohler does not improve this SEAL defect in all toilets !!
It's not defective. My first seal lasted 9 years and 7 months. We installed the toilet when we bought the house 9 years and 9 months ago and I am replacing it for the first time today. If you use chemical cleaners in the tank to automatically clean your bowl, that will cause premature deterioration of the seal also. Mineral buildup will prevent a seal also if your water is particularly hard. I see signs of sediment or mineral buildup in the bottom of this tank. My tank has none of that after 10 years. Those things have nothing to do w/ quality of the product. No... I don't work for Kohler. Thanks for the guidance. It worked first time.
I can verify that we used our toilet for 5+ years without tank cleaner w/o problem, but within a year of using drop-in tank cleaners, it rotted out.
Trying to do this, the middle part won't come turn & lift, I'm afraid of breaking it. Any tips?
I have the same system but I cannot get the cylinder off. Counter clockwise turn doesn’t work. I am afraid to break it because is contorts as I turn. Any ideas? Without that coming off this is hardly an easy job.
I had to go under the cylinder to do my twisting. A top twist didn’t work and threatened to break the center post!
How about a toilet (the same as the one you are using) taking too long to fill all of a sudden.?
Marilyn I apologize I’ve never had that issue you might want to ask someone at Home Depot you might need to replace the entire canister valve inside or it might have something to do with your water line. Thanks for watching
Replace Koehler flush valve seals
Do all Kohler toilets use the same size gasket seal?
I’m not certain it really kind of depends on if it’s a canister like the model I have or something newer but the gasket seal for this canister is cheap and there are probably even cheaper ones on Amazon now. I just picked up one from my local Home Depot. There’s really not many gasket sizes if you were to search for your model it would tell you if it’s the correct gasket. Also sorry to everyone that’s watched this I uploaded this like 5 years ago and I’m not a professional CZcamsr I was recording this myself using my phone. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it and I hope it helped.
@@TheSneakerCraze Thanks! I found the exact one on Amazon. It looks like Kohler had two sizes but changed the color when they changed size. All is working great now. warning: I did manage to break the locking mechanism on the canister but that also was only $8 on amazon (arrivng tomorrow). Plastic in water over time just gets crusty and easily breakable. Now if I can figure out how to fix my new Toto which is also running incessantly.
My highline classic is weird it rocks very fast and it's hard to see
My problem is coming from under the red cap, water keeps coming out that
Kohler toilet fell apart in 2 years? Same here.
Miteki B lol um yeah I was pretty surprised myself when it started to leak like that. I had only installed it for around that long. I can’t remember when I made this video but I haven’t had any issues since with the new seal. I had to learn how to fix pretty much everything in my house either through CZcams vids or online instructions lol. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad to know I’m not the only one 💯
Reporting here that my original pink seal lasted just over 10 years. It was badly deteriorated. If it had begun leaking earlier, I did not detect it. Water minerals make a difference. This vid made the replacement easy. Thank you.
You got your water level set to high shouldn’t be coming over the top of it there’s a fill line on there on the side adjust the screw on the fill valve
brother you need a whole house water filter if after 2 yrs your inside tank looks like that !you using well water? that's pretty bad water .
Thanks for the reply i may need to look into that. we don't use well water we have a mud department for water. the water that comes out of the showers and sinks is not brown brownish like that but i'll look into the house water filter if we have one. i've had to do a lot of maintenance repairs myself like fixing my heating unit replacing the hot/cold water cartridge in the stand up shower. the ac condenser water catch pan rusted had to replace that with a new one and i had to figure all these things out either by watching youtube vids or trial and error. Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Do you use drop-in toilet cleaners? This may be the problem on both fronts.
The same thing happened to me after 2 years.
Joy Barker sorry about the long video I was kind of recording myself and I don’t edit it’s just one straight review of what I did. It really bothered me that I had to replace the ring only after having it for like 2 years but since I replaced the new one I haven’t had any issues. Thanks for watching!
You realize that you kinked the chain that connects flush handle to the flush tower by indiscriminately turning the flush tower over right?The water level in your toilet tank is way too high,the water level should be from half inch to three quarters of an inch from the top of the flush tower (or overflow tube if your toilet has a standard flush valve with an overflow tube.).
You have more views on fixing a toilet than you do shoe reviews 😆
I use my wife's toothbrush.
Lowes $9 plus tax for a 50 cent part and it still leaks after careful cleaning
I replaced EVERY gasket and seal and it still leaked from the tank into the bowl. I finally fixed it by setting it to the curb and installing an American Standard toilet.
Chlorine will deteriorate the rubber seals like that.
Oh really? I didn’t know that! Come to think of it I think I did drop a tablet in there a few weeks after I installed the new toilet. That must have caused the seal to turn to mush like that. I don’t use the tablets anymore but thanks for that information!! Thanks for watching and commenting!! Now I know something new myself
TheSneakerCraze I installed two brand new to kholers like yours. Five years ago no problems. I dont use chlorine....I suspect the city water use lots of chlorine. Good info Thx
Levi Strauss oh wow yeah I stopped using chlorine tabs I just clean toilet manually with the blue Lysol gel now. It really shocked me how it had deteriorated like that. I just made the video to try and help because over the years I’ve had to learn how to fix everything in my house lol. The American dream to own a house until everything starts breaking on you lol. Thanks again for the info and watching 💯💯🙏🏻🙏🏻👊🏻😎
You should practice this before...............you spend 10 min just to clean up
looks as though it's made to fail
About 14 minutes too long
Good grief dude, this can be done in 2 minutes - why did you draw it out? Showing your Home Depot receipt - really?????
Wow!! This video is over-explained and making me restless!! To damn long for something so simple.
Thank you!