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Posted by Frank on August 12, 2007, 7:53 am
DerbyDad03 wrote:
> Whoops..tired fingers. It's the Karat (not Karet) toilet that has the
> plastic (nylon?) tank bolts.
>
>> I just checked my toilets. One is a Karet. It has plastic (nylon?)
>> tank bolts.
>>
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>>> jJim McLaughlin wrote:
>>>> Finally got the frozen nut off the bolt yesterday. Didn't have to use
>>>> the hacksaw.
>>>> Apparently enough 0f the liquid wrench stuff had soaked in, and when I
>>>> tried it
>>>> Friday morning with the wrench / vise grips and screwdriver I was able
>>>> to get
>>>> the nut off and the tank dismounted.
>>>> Got the bowl out easily, and started pulling the old sheet vinyl and
>>>> thats all
>>>> coming along well.
>>>> Still thinking about the tank bolts though.
>>>> Nowadays, almost all toilet seat attachment hardware is the nylon bolt
>>>> type.
>>>> Why not nylon bolts / nuts for the tank / bowl attachent?
>>>> When I was at Ace Thursday afternoon picking up a new wax ring for bowl
>>>> re installation, I looked for nylon tank attachment hardware figuring
>>>> that
>>>> I'd have to replace the nut / bolt I thought I was going to have to saw
>>>> through.
>>>> No such animal. Only brass tank attachment stuff. I didn't think to
>>>> ask the
>>>> guy at Ace, who is usually pretty knowledgable. I picked up a set of
>>>> brass hardware,
>>>> which I will eventually have to return.
>>>> Anybody know why apparently no nylon tank bolt attachment hardware?
>>> Plastics creep more than metals. Under constant tension bolts would
>>> stretch and tanks would leak. In addition, nylon has a moisture problem
>>> where it will expand with time also causing leak.
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My comments were addressed to the material itself. Did not know if
plastic tank bolts were used. You can also engineer around plastic
properties to make it work adequately.
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