Genuine Part Gp1059291 Canister Seal

I moved to a new place and the toilet was shut off as it was leaking water. I had not seen the toilet yet and thought it was a normal one so I bought a repair kit and found the toilet was very different from any I had seen before. It did not have a standard flapper so the repair kit would not work. I looked up the brand and model number and found out it used a ring gasket to seal the cylinder. I could not find one in town as all that was available were standard flappers. I found the right gasket here and it installed without a problem after watching a YouTube video on how to remove the cylinder. The old gasket was gooey and sticky but came off and cleaned up without much difficulty. The new seal is working so far with no more running water.

original equipment works ok

Shortly after I moved into my house two years ago, my fancy Kohler, low flow elongated bowl, blah, blah blah toilet began running frequently enough that It would wake me up at night. I went to my local big box store, asked the guy in the plumbing section, and he pointed me to the one and only generic brand seal that claimed it would work on said fancy toilet. Even after replacing the seal with the generic one I could hear water trickling every now and again. Not too many month went by until the seal felt like chewed gum sitting in water. Gross. My solution for the longest time has been to simply cut the water off on the toilet. This is not very practical for visitors, however. A friend insisted I buy another seal, but this time, he instructed me not to buy a crappy one. Amazon, of course, came through for me. I ordered this OEM Kohler brand seal that I assumed would work with fancy toilet. I had it overnighted, got home at 10:21 this evening, and I had the seal replaced by 10:23 (minus a minute for petting the dogs). Yall, Im an accountant, not a plumber. Now, how did I get this seal on so quickly? Easy. I read the package. WHAT? Heres my process: Turn off the water (easy. It was off already). Pull that tube that send water into the tower thingy in the toilet. Unhook the chain thats connected to the tower thingy. Grasp the round disk attached to the innards of the tower things and give it a firm twist counter clockwise (turn it towards your left...) Lift up and flip the whole tower upside down. If youre me, the old seal is already off and floating in the back of the toilet, but if youre not me, take off the old seal. Unpackage the (yellow!!) seal, fit it into the groove on the bottom of the tower, admire how well this seal fits and doesnt flop off, and attempt to reseat the tower in the black ring in the bottom of the tank, but then realize its too dark because you still havent called an electrician to fix the bathroom lights yet, either. Retrieve cell phone, turn on flashlight! Align the tabs on the bottom of the center of the tower to the slots on the part thats still in the toilet tank (for me, it was easier to push the center piece out of the tower so I could see where it was going). When its seated, give it a good firm turn to the right (clockwise!). Reconnect the chain (did you put the tower in with the chain on the side closest to the handle?) and reconnect the water tube into the center of the tower thingy. Turn your water back on. Enjoy the golden silence of not having the water running. Ahhhhhh.

ALL GOOD

Replaced the red one with this yellow one because the wife uses clorox tabs in the toilet tank. The red ones disintegrate and then leak. Yellow ones dont according to research. So far, so good at 5 months.

Very easy to install, no leaks!

My in-suite toilet would every so often sound like it a was automatically flushing itself all through the freakin’ night! It kept me awake! I thought it was the flush mechanism so I changed that! Then I observed that it was this O- ring that needed to be replaced! This item is the original Kohler replacement. Don’t buy the fake ones, you’ll just waste your money. These aren’t so expensive anyways. Save yourself the headache and get this original replacement! Getting my well deserved zzzzs!!!

Not as easy to replace as a standard flapper, but easy enough. Genuine part works exactly like the original and fit perfect. I appreciate that they did not gouge the price too much, although Im sure the production price is like 10 cents. Appreciate the next day shipping when the toilet is not working, needless to say.

After dealing with a slowly disintegrating gasket for months I finally purchased a replacement. The old one looked like it was made out of polar fleece. Apparently, the original natural rubber seal was damaged by the big clorox chlorine tabs I had put in the tank a while back. Replacing the gasket took almost five whole minutes from start to finish and now the occasional refilling on the toilet tank is gone and the physical effort to push down the flush handle went from a ridiculous number of pounds to a couple of ounces. This new seal appears to be made of a substantially more durable silicone rubber than the natural rubber of the original. The only complaint I have it that I should have replaced it a year earlier when I first noticed increased difficulty pushing down the flush handle and occasional sound of the tank refilling without reason. I bet it wasted thousands of gallons of water. Ugh! Im planning on buying extras and taping them to the underside of the both toilets lids so I dont have an excuse to delay replacing them the next time! If you have a toilet that uses this seal, it is a must-have upgrade even if you dont think you need it. Recommended without reservation.

product did what promised