Do you just replace the float arm?
#1
12-06-17, 12:17 PM
Do you just replace the float arm?
I noticed the toilet is always running so I lifted the tank cover and found that the 'float arm'/'float ball' no longer raises all the way after the tank refills. If I pull it up all the way with my hand the water stops filling the tank. But as soon as I let go water starts running again even though the tank is full. I tried adjusting the screw to tighten and loosen it - made no difference. I put some styrofoam in between so the float arm would stay higher but water keeps running anyway. Do you just buy a new float arm and replace the old one? What if they don't sell the same exact model? Is there an adjustment I could make to it that I haven't thought of already? Or could this problem be caused by something else? Every time I try and solve a problem I see what the problem part appears to be, go to the store, buy a replacement part, spend the whole afternoon figuring out which tools to use on it and how to install it, and it doesn't solve the problem. I go back to the store and buy a different part and that usually isn't the solution either. Sometimes I spend days on stupid little problems, going back and forth to the store. I gave up and called a plumber to install a new toilet last time.
#2
12-06-17, 12:50 PM
Member
If it a ball on the end of a wire rod, simply bend the wire rod down so that the ball sits lower in the tank. So, hold the ball with one hand, the center of the rod with the other. Push down on the ball while simultaneously pulling up on the middle of the rod so that it will bend in that spot. Should not take much effort.
#5
12-06-17, 01:38 PM
Member
It might also be the fill valve gasket. In my opinion, when it comes to toilet internal, just replace the whole mechanism. Why guess at what might be wrong or worn or broke. Replacement internals are not that expensive. And you can get different types. You don't need to get the ball and **** type.
#6
12-06-17, 04:57 PM
Member
Unfortunately it's plastic.
I have fixed some of these by placing a penny under the tip of the arm where it engages the shut off button. That will also do the trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJ_uEb47ms
#7
12-06-17, 05:46 PM
Originally Posted by czizzi
Don't know that I have ever seen a ball float on anything other than a metal rod that stretches across the tank.
I have fixed some of these by placing a penny under the tip of the arm where it engages the shut off button. That will also do the trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJ_uEb47ms
I have fixed some of these by placing a penny under the tip of the arm where it engages the shut off button. That will also do the trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJ_uEb47ms
I don't have the model in that video and that guy is mumbling, couldn't understand him. I watched another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSkmSbMRiE which is saying you aren't supposed to raise the arm, you're supposed to lower it. That makes no sense to me. It was too low, which is why it keeps filling. Raising it makes the running stop. The styrofoam has raised it high enough so it doesn't run anymore. There must be a piece of plastic missing. The screw on top of the float arm doesn't actually screw into anything on the lower side of the arm - I'm assuming it did at one time.
#8
12-07-17, 01:42 AM
Forum Topic Moderator
You lower the float ball and bend the medal arm that goes to it. I have never seen a plastic arm either. Plastic balls on end yes.
