Vacuflush leak…HELP

tonystoy

I made a few repairs to the vacuflush tonight. One of them being the ball seal. I cannot get the toilet bowl to seal at all! I have a brand new set of seals. I have checked five times to make sure I had the right seals that the website recommends. I have the thin seal with “this side up“ facing up. The thicker seal above that. The holes in both seals lined up with the pinpoint. Installed the half moon brackets so the front sides were touching and then tighten the clamp down. I must’ve done this 10 times and still have the same leak. What am I doing wrong?? Air show this weekend so it is extremely important I get this up and running! TIA!

rasbury

The only obvious answer anyone not there with you could say- the seals are not the right seals. Those things are not rocket science! Find something else to help seal it until after the weekend and then sort it out!

tonystoy

Thanks for the quick response @rasbury…Yes, I’ve checked my toilet model number with the seal part number a bunch of times. According to the company website, it’s the right one.
I was thinking that too…if I have to, I’ll set it in a thick bead of silicone and clamp it down for this weekend. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Dream_Inn

Is it leaking between the ball and the rubber?  Water is not staying in bowl?  If so, maybe ball has issues.

tonystoy

Sorry, I should’ve explained it better…it’s leaking from the split ring flange onto the floor. 

Dream_Inn

Leaking water onto floor from the bowl thru the split ring?  Hmmm.  That may be the top not setting right on the bottom half.  May not be due to the rubber pieces.

tonystoy

So I took the bowl off at least 5 times, made sure it was centered and tightened it back up. Every time…same result.
How tight can you go with that clamp? I’m afraid if I go too tight I’ll snap the split ring flange.

goalie59

Are you sure that the bowl is not cracked. Take a close look to see if you can see any minor cracks 

tonystoy

Unless I cracked some thing while making repairs I don’t think there is but I will check. The toilet was not leaking at all before I started making the repairs.

Spyderweb

I had same problem when I changed my ball seal.  Had to install half rings several times before it sealed.  Don’t know what I did different, but it finally sealed.  Seems very finicky, but good for 2 years now.  Perhaps coat seals with Teflon grease 1st?

tonystoy

I tightened the split ring clamp up about two more full turns and no more leak.
I was just worried that I was going to break something…but now it’s all good! Thanks for the replies!

Spyderweb

As stated in my above post, as of September 4 my seals were good.  Now they are not.  Tried the grease trick and still leak.  To avoid Tony’s problem and mine from last time, is there a prescribed way to install those half clamps?  Should clamps touch in front as Tony states (which makes it harder to reach screw in back), can it be reversed so screw is in front, should there be an equal gap in the clamps, does it matter???

aero3113

If you look on the two half’s there are arrows at each end. These ends should be at the front touching and the back will have a space. I’m pretty sure that’s the correct way. It may even say “Front” on it also.