Yersmay
Writing, constructionDIY Member
Today I took the tank off of a friend's St. Thomas. I rebuilt the guts, put on a new spud washer and used new tank bolts. Now the tank sits up higher than it used to (by about 1/4 of an inch) and it rocks. (Hope this thread isn't redundant with the rocking Toto Drake tank a few posts down, but who knows? Maybe something is different.) A few questions: The new spud washer seems a bit bigger than the old one. Do spud washers come in different sizes? Different densities? The new one is pretty spongy.
The new tank bolts come with two nuts, two brass washers, and two rubber washers for each threaded shank. Using common sense (being optimistic for now) here is the order from top down in the way I assembled it: One rubber washer beneath the big head that sits on the floor of the tank, then one rubber washer, one brass washer, one nut that tightens up under the tank. Then there is a space between the nut and the bowl flange... the threaded shank fits through the bowl flange and then that is tightened up underneath with one brass washer and one nut. How'd I do? Any suggestions on how to get that tank to sit more solidly? The other St. Thomas toilets in the house are very solid with not a trace of tank rocking. Thank you for your advice.
The new tank bolts come with two nuts, two brass washers, and two rubber washers for each threaded shank. Using common sense (being optimistic for now) here is the order from top down in the way I assembled it: One rubber washer beneath the big head that sits on the floor of the tank, then one rubber washer, one brass washer, one nut that tightens up under the tank. Then there is a space between the nut and the bowl flange... the threaded shank fits through the bowl flange and then that is tightened up underneath with one brass washer and one nut. How'd I do? Any suggestions on how to get that tank to sit more solidly? The other St. Thomas toilets in the house are very solid with not a trace of tank rocking. Thank you for your advice.