Fluidmaster 506 2-Inch Universal Flexible Frame Toilet Flapper , Black

I've installed all sorts of parts into many toilets over the years, including many flappers. Most have worked fine, but lately I've had problems with 2 toilets. No matter what I did, they kept doing tiny flushes - just enough to reduce the color of the water. I even got a flapper with an adjustable float on it that was supposed to let me lengthen the time the valve is open, but it barely worked at first, and after a couple months didn't work at all.So... I ended up looking again for potential replacements, and came across this one. Too cheap, I thought, it couldn't possibly be any good. But it was a known brand, so I gave it a try.Some background - my Briggs toilets were installed new in 2001, and are 1.6 gallons per flush (or 6 lpf). They still use the original flush mechanism with that big floaty thing on the arm. I think the only thing I've replaced on these toilets is the flappers now and then, the seats, and a couple of flush handles/arms.Putting these flappers into the 2 toilets was super easy. The hardest part was cutting off the circle mounts, because like most toilets these days, mine use the 2 ear mounts. I used a specialty cutter I happen to own. A razor blade or sharp knife should work. A sharp scissors might also work (be careful though, the rubber twists). Then just slip the old one off and the new one into place. It is easier with the water valve off, but not absolutely necessary as you can do it in seconds. Then just connect the adjustable length chain to the handle arm.These flappers stay up long enough for a full flush - problem solved.DO cut off the circle if your toilet uses the arms to mount. Even if it seems to work at first with the circle in place around the tube, or pushed behind it, eventually as the rubber hardens it can affect the flushing time. In fact, I once fixed a toilet by taking out the old flapper, cutting off the circle, and putting it back in. Suddenly it worked correctly again.Unless you have had a problem with your toilet using too much water, this flapper should work in most toilets that use flappers. It comes down when the water gets near the bottom, so regardless of the tank capacity, in most cases that should be just what is needed.Now ... if like me you aren't sure about the fit, here are the flapper measurements. Well, first, the hole in my toilet under the flapper is about 2" across. If yours is 3", don't get this flapper. 2" is much more common in my experience.The ball on the flapper bottom that goes into the hole is about 1 5/8". The flapper rim is about 3" across. The insides of the ears are 1 3/8" apart. The distance from the center of the ball to the point between the middle of the ear holes is 2 3/8". Finally, the chain is 10" long but you can resize it to anything shorter (and will probably need to).Once last note - in one of my toilets, after putting in one of these new flappers, it was leaking a tiny bit. I just wiped around the hole under the flapper to clean off a little residue and that resolved it.These are great flappers at an amazing value. Highly recommended!

The price was awesome, but what really mattered to me is the way this goes around the cylinder-shaped thingy that the refill water goes into fill the tank and how it also goes around the two little plastic thingies at its base instead of just snapping in place. The last things was made of a harder rubber and did not stay in place at all very well after flushing. It drove the kids and me batty. Two so-called handymen, a landlord, and a pain in the neck ex-husband failed each time they claimed to have fixed it. This went on for years. Now here I am on a very ridiculously tight budget trying to make ends meet. Saw this for less than a couple bucks and figured I would give it a shot. It is made of a much softer rubber and does a most excellent job sealing the big hole thingy that empties water from the tank into bowl when flushing the stinky stuff away. Installed it myself and felt quite proud of myself when the kiddos noticed and thanked me. No man required. Yippee!!!!

Extremely pleased with the quality of cut, fit, and materials.It popped right on with no fuss.Solved the slow leak my old one had due to hardening.

Cut the round ring off if your using the hinge ear mounts or else it interferes with the flapper.Changed the flapper in my toilet. I couldn't get it balanced. It slammed shut too fast.I swapped out the heavy metal chain with a plastic chain from the old one that actually floats in water. The plastic chain itself floats (adding bouyancy). This got me really close.I had the chain as tight as it would go while still letting the flapper close. I fiddled with the water level. I bent the rod various ways, but it still wasn't right.I noticed that the handle and rod (that the chain connects too) had a lot of sideways play.When i flush, the rod levers up and pulls the chain up only about an inch.If i pushed the handle sideways and then flushed the rod levered up like 3". This pulls the flapper up enough so it doesn't instantly slam down.All i had to do was tighten the screw that holds the flush handle to the rod lever mechanism.I could only tighten or loosen it one turn. I put it in a vise and used a huge screwdrivers with all my might and it wouldn't budge. Like it was a "captured" screw or something.So, i drilled out the center of the screw and got the head off. I couldn't get the remaining thread piece to budge with vise grips or flat faced pliers (bull nosed dikes).I got a smaller drill bit and drilled all the way down through the screw. Then i used a tap and some tap magic fluid and tapped it out for a little screw I found that would work.I popped two thin washers and the screw in and now when I flushed the rod pulls the chain up about 3" or 4". This gets the flapper up enough so bouyancy takes it up and lets it drop slowly for a normal flush.A side mount toilet flush handle replacement kit is $9.00 to $12.00 but I wanted to get this working in the mean time...and I did.My last fluid master lasted 6 years. It just started flushing itself day before yesterday. The plastic was hard on the old one.Flapper install: 1 minute. The machining of the lever and rod mechanism: lol, too embarrassed to say. New handle mechanism will be here in a couple days.

2nd time buying this. 1st one lasted 3 years. Pretty good for the price!

Este es para baños de cierto tiempo, si es de una fecha que en la misma descripción dice, tienes que hacerle una adaptación si es para baños muy nuevos (obvio que es bajo tu riesgo), tengan cuidado, yo se lo doy por que yo sabia que iba a pasar le hice la adaptacion y quedo muy bien, me soluciono una fuga que en 1 es se pago el cambio.

Fits the hole size but length too short for Toto WC. Improvised with industrial rubber bands and cable tie to make it functional.

Muy buen producto no deja que se fue ugue el agua porque no es rigida,es un poco suave

No es tan universal como dicen, ya funciona bien, pero no se adaptó a mi WC, quedaba muy alto y no hacia el sello correctamente, le tuve que cortar una parte para que bajara bien y ya funcionara.

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