Genuine Part Gp1059291 Canister Seal

In terms of the water cost and noisy aggravation of a constantly running toilet (mine is in my bedroom), This couldn’t be an easier or cheaper repair to make. If it even took me five minutes to pop off the float and slip this gasket ring into the idiot proof groove I’d be shocked. In fact I took the opportunity to scrub and disinfect everything once it was all apart. I love the fit and quality of this product and you can tell it’s better than the original gasket, which I suspect of most original equipment, is thinner, cheaper and chintzier. For under 7.00 Yankee dollars the piece of mind and peace and quiet is well worth the price. I’m gonna buy an extra one or two as I use bleach tabs in my tank that put inordinate wear and tear on gaskets.

We have four of these toilets in the house as part of custom new construction as recommended by the install plumber, it is just a matter of time before the seal is compromised. It is a five minute fix to replace a seal once you have done one and are now over the fear of breaking something when twisting the vertical pipe a bit. See a whole slew of you tube videos on how to replace this seal, search leaking Kohler toilet. Please stay away from non-genuine Kohler replacements. If you have several of this type of toilets, consider just getting a spare and have it on hand for the next time. The three I have replaced, one lasted over four years, another between four and five years, and the other almost five years.

Overhauled my toilet due to hissing during refill. Since I was replacing my fill valve figured the canister could use a new seal too. Replacing the seal took about 5 minutes after watching the Kohlers video. Hardest part for me was disconnecting the chain which wasnt cooperating lol. I cleaned the old seal residue from the canister and where it seats to and installed the new seal, now its good as new.

I surfed the web to find out why my Kohler class five toilet would periodically run. The consensus was that this little yellow gasket was worn and needed to be replaced. There was a great Kohler video that explains the steps to make this little fix. I replaced the gasket using the steps and the toilet was STILL running periodically so I flushed it once and checked it a half hour later and realized it was still losing water in the tank. I turned off the water and flushed the tank to empty it. Then looked closely at the side that did not have the gasket and realized there were TINY pieces of plastic from the old gasket that needed to be cleaned off. Once that was done, I turned the water back on and checked it a half hour later and the water level had not decreased. So, that step is not mentioned in the video but it is important when you are replacing this yellow seal.

Its worth the price, dont waste your time on the cheaper knockoffs. Just get the goods and sleep well at night. No more leaking or running water. A quick you tube check and you can do it yourself. Sixty plus yo woman here, not a quick learner, but a good learner. Look everything up, your system, how-to etc. Do it once, do it right. The cheaper ones buckle, dont waste your time and money.

Hard to rate just yet, as I need to see how well/long it holds up when continually immersed in a chlorine based tank sanitizing tablet. Kohler says not to use tank chemicals as they void the warranty, but the tablets have been a necessary evil for me to eliminate biological build up of rings in the bowl. The OEM seals were orange-red and had deteriorated within about 3 years. They got sticky and made using the flush handle very stiff as the seal was bonding with the plastic cylinder [part of the float system]. Not sure if they began to fail because of the chlorine or some material defect. However, it appears that Kohler has this new replacement seal which may be a different material and may withstand the chemicals better. In any case, the seal was a perfect fit and simple to install although the instructions were not useful. There is a trick to removing and re-installing the 6 solid plastic center shaft so that it is easily removed/re-installed. The trick being to rotate the shaft to unlock/relock it in its base, which is hidden from easy view. You may want to check out u-tube videos on the process if you are not familiar with this Kohler design.

Easy to install

product did what promised

This product fixed my Kohler canister type toilet from leaking. The old seal was probably old when we moved into the coop in 2012. It started leaking only in the summers, then this year 2018, it was leaking all the time. I had gotten plumbers to come and look at both toilets that were leaking. They said they had to order parts, charged me $179 for nothing and they wouldnt come back. So I viewed the video on YouTube several times and got up the COURAGE to fix it myself (Im 72). It took about 2 hours start to finish partly because I had to remove and reinstall a wooden over toilet cabinet. So after an hour it was done and works 100% better than before. Oh, I fixed the other American Standard toilet flapper as well.

Do it yourself and save a ton of money. It fixed the leak in minutes.