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Re: Toilet Broken Overflow Tube

Jeffy3

2006-12-27, 5:25 pm

z wrote:

>
> I notice you've already fixed it, but I'll answer anyway!
> You can usually get hold of the threaded stub with needlenose pliers or
> even tweezers, and it's so thin you can just kind of fold it inwards
> from the threads to remove it. Sears Hardware sells replacement thread
> overflow tubes, both brass (one size only) and plastic (with two sizes
> of threads on the different ends). I replaced mine very easily, and
> never could get it to stop leaking after that!

Thanks for the response anyway, and for the warning. How apparent was
the leaking? Was it obvious or did it take a while to realize it was
happening?

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