Toto Drake Problem

gb · Sep 18, 2006

I love my toto drake. But there's a slight problem. My wife told me that she heard some water dripping from the toilet. She couldn't identify the source but the bolt underneath the tank (on the left hand side) felt wet.
Can someone tell me what I need to do?
Thanks!

Terry · Sep 18, 2006

Pull the tank bolts out and sand the inside of the tank where they drop through. Emory cloth works good for this.
The bolts and nuts that come with the Toto are brass.
We have fewer problems with the Toto than other brands.
We sell over two thousand a year of the Toto brand.
Their quality is very good.
We sand all tanks, on all brands.
That's mentioned in the installation instructions below.
https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=743&highlight=cst744s

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Verdeboy · Sep 19, 2006

You can try tightening the bolts first-that may fix it. Sand it if it doesn't.

Rancher · Sep 19, 2006

Why are we sanding it?

Rancher

Terry · Sep 19, 2006

It was leaking

I sand the inside of all tanks, all brands.

I don't like going back on my calls.

Breplum · Sep 20, 2006

I carry extra 5/16 stainless steel nuts and washers and use them to secure the bolts to the tank before setting the tank.

The other week I was installing some handicap Drakes and quite a few of the kits had the extra nuts and washers included...maybe finally they realized it is a tiny amount of money for that insurance.

Cass · Sep 21, 2006

Why the added cost of stainless? Whats wrong with brass?

Mikey · Sep 21, 2006

Maybe 'cause brass ain't brass anymore? Of course, neither is stainless. My dive knife is rusted where it's stamped "Stainless".

Breplum · Sep 24, 2006

It was years ago that I restocked the box of nuts but, typically I priced out brass and stainless at the local hardware store and (just knowing how cheap i am) I would have bought the cheaper box...so my conclusion is that at the time ss was cheaper.

Cass · Sep 24, 2006

Mikey said:
Maybe 'cause brass ain't brass anymore? Of course, neither is stainless. My dive knife is rusted where it's stamped "Stainless".

What do you mean brass isn't brass.

They have brass and brass plated steel bolts.

Stainless comes in many different grades with the amount of chromium being a minimum of 10% up to 26%. The higher the chromium the better the stainless.

Mikey · Sep 25, 2006

Yeah, I was bad-mouthing the brass-plated steel stuff. The plating seems to be getting thin these days, so rust eventually develops; sorry.

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