Too bad you did come here first. Quite frankly, if this was my toilet, it would be in the landfill ASAP and a Toto Drake would be installed. But, it's not mine and it is you that has to decide between living with this for the next twenty years or swallowing your pride and chalking the extra cost of replacing this junker up to experience. You know, we've probably all tried to save a buck with a cheap-o and ended up regretting it, so you're not alone.