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20151117_213252
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:52 PM
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I have 3 of
these TB351 toilets and have had problems with all of them leaking water
past the flush valve.
After
investigation, I found that gaskets between the flush valve and tank was
damaged by what appears to be improper assembly and this is what was causing
the leak.
After wards,
I found that the water was still leaking but now was stopping at the
level of the flush valve piston.
Inspection of
this gasket shows what appears to be blisters in the surface of the
gasket material.
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20151117_213331
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:33:30 PM
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20151117_213428
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:34:27 PM
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These
blisters correlate with the position of the sealing surface on the valve
assembly.
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20151117_213229
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:28 PM
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20151117_213731
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:37:31 PM
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I made some 3D
printed templates (the white donuts) to use to cut some new gaskets from
some silicone sheeting (the red donuts)
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20151117_213530
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:35:30 PM
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This is the new slightly larger OD gasket that was
cut using the template and installed
on the flush valve.
This new gasket only lost about 1 inch of water out of the tank in
a 7 hour period. A significant improvement over the original which had the tank refilling about 1 an hour
due to the excessive leaking.
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20151117_230520
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:05:19 PM
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This is the second flush valve.
Difficult to see in this photo, but this gasket has even more “Blisters”
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20151117_230552
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:05:51 PM
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20151117_230740
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:07:40 PM
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20151117_213255
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:55 PM
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20151117_213244
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:44 PM
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20151117_213231
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:31 PM
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20151117_213258
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:58 PM
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20151117_213239
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:32:39 PM
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20151117_213322
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:33:22 PM
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20151117_213437
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:34:37 PM
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20151117_213440
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:34:39 PM
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20151117_230757
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:07:57 PM
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20151117_230634
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:06:34 PM
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20151117_230653
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:06:52 PM
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20151117_230901
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:09:01 PM
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Here you can
get a sense of how tall these blisters are. I have a straight edge across
the tops of the blisters and you can see the gap below the blisters where
I believe the water is leaking from.
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20151117_230939
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:09:39 PM
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20151117_231156_LLS
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:11:56 PM
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20151118_081922
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:19:22 AM
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I decided to section the gasket so I could see
what was going on inside the material.
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20151118_081932
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:19:32 AM
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In this photo you can see the
water that came out of the blisters. I could not see any cracks or holes in
the material where the water could infiltrate the material. Maybe it’s some
sort of hydroscopic material that absorbs water. Not ideal for a gasket
submerged in water its whole life!
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20151118_082312
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:23:11 AM
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Water oozing from the sectioned material.
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20151118_082304
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:23:04 AM
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20151118_082404
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:24:03 AM
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20151118_082105
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:21:05 AM
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Here you can see the cavity
inside the gasket where the water was causing the blister.
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20151118_082047
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:20:47 AM
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This is the opposite side that was sectioned
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20151118_082040
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:20:40 AM
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20151117_230751
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:07:51 PM
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The following images are just more photos of the
blistered gasket and the diy gaskets that I made.
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20151117_230722
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:07:21 PM
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20151117_230724
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:07:24 PM
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20151117_230825
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:08:24 PM
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20151117_231149_LLS
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 11:11:49 PM
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20151118_081934
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:19:33 AM
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20151118_081931
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/18/15 8:19:30 AM
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20151117_213637
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:36:37 PM
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20151117_213639
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:36:39 PM
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20151117_213645
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:36:45 PM
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20151117_213654
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SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
11/17/15 9:36:54 PM
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