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| I'm having trouble removing a seat screws on a Kohler one-piece toilet. Anybody know how to hold the anchor so it doesn't spin while unscrewing the thing? From my online reading, Kohler sells an outageously expensive kit to remove these, which apparently only sometimes works. So....if I drill and/or cut the screw head off, will there be room for a new anchor if some of the old parts are now stuck in the recess? Anybody familiar with this poorly-engineered piece of Kohler junk? They really tick me off with some of their stuff. Thanks much. |
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- Posted by SparklingWater (My Page) on Sun, Nov 18, 12 at 19:08
| Oo oh. Someone else reports the same problem: " KOHLER K-3386-0 Rialto One-Piece Round-Front Toilet, White (Tools & Home Improvement) -from Amazon.com under Kohler toilet seat |
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- Posted by SparklingWater (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 19:07
| What did you end up doing homebound? Hope you found a solution to this Kohler vexation. |
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| It's not yet resolved due to the holiday. I am likely going to jam a scraper tool in there to try to hold the anchor in place while I unscrew the bolt. If that doesn't work, I'll proceed to cutting off (or drill) the screw head with a metal blade. Then I'll figure out the anchor part afterward. The same house has another problem toilet: a one-piece American Standard champion, but apparently an older model with an older flush valve. New flush valve parts are going to run me around $125 with shipping, which includes an adaptor to upgrade to the newer style flush valve. Insane. |
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- Posted by SparklingWater (My Page) on Sun, Nov 25, 12 at 17:53
| Yea, that's a pity. I just changed out an AS toilet seat and can't believe what you have to do with that Kohler seat. Thanks for the heads up about the AS Champion. I know I'm going to be replacing a toilet soon if the eroded interior enamel bowl finish poses a general water leak problem and I'll be sure to read up on fix it problems ahead of time. Hope you had a good break from work and enjoyed yourself. |
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