Genuine Part Gp1059291 Canister Seal

The hardest part of making the replacement was figuring out how to. The gasket, however, leaks after just 12 1/2 months. The original gasket lasted 15 years. Same water. Same usage. Same brand of gasket.

Overhauled my toilet due to hissing during refill. Since I was replacing my fill valve figured the canister could use a new seal too. Replacing the seal took about 5 minutes after watching the Kohlers video. Hardest part for me was disconnecting the chain which wasnt cooperating lol. I cleaned the old seal residue from the canister and where it seats to and installed the new seal, now its good as new.

I purchased this to fix a toilet that was periodically refilling throughout the day due to an insecure seal under the flush canister. Im not much of a handyman, but I took a chance on this since it was only about $5, much cheaper than calling a plumber. It turned out to be an easy fix, and the toilet has not been losing water since installing the new canister seal about a month ago.

Replaced the red one with this yellow one because the wife uses clorox tabs in the toilet tank. The red ones disintegrate and then leak. Yellow ones dont according to research. So far, so good at 5 months.

This was a genuine Kohler replacement part that I received (packaged in Kohler packaging). I am not a handy person AT ALL and even I was able to get this new seal installed on my Kohler toilet to prevent it from running. Kohler has some how to videos and manuals online. the estimated time to switch said 5 minutes, so i anticipated it taking 20 (thats how bad I am), but instead, I did it in less than 5. Glad I tried this myself and didnt call a plumber, I would have felt foolish.

One of my Kohler toilets had developed a slow leak and every 1/2 hour the water level would lower enough for the toilet to kick-in and refill the water a bit. After a bit of research, found that this gasket/seal could be the cause of the slow leak. Instillation was pretty straight forward. Turned off the water valve below the toilet, and held down the flush valve to drain as much of the water. Then followed the directions, and I had the replacement installed in only about 10 minutes. Ive fairly handy around the house, but this is certainly something anyone can do. When I opened the water valve and the toilet filled up, the seal did its job, and have had no further leaks since I replaced it two months ago. Price was cheap enough, so ordered a few since I have three toilets in the house, and figure if one failed, better to have a couple spares!

I put off changing the gasket for awhile and I wish I hadn’t. It couldn’t have been easier. I watched a short video on how to remove the canister and it came right out. The whole process took less than 5 minutes

This was a necessary repair part to fix a toilet that kept randomly running. It was easy enough to pull the canister out of the tank and replace the seal. The old seal all but fell off on its own. There are some good videos on YT that show exactly how to replace it.

Very easy to install, no leaks!

Shortly after I moved into my house two years ago, my fancy Kohler, low flow elongated bowl, blah, blah blah toilet began running frequently enough that It would wake me up at night. I went to my local big box store, asked the guy in the plumbing section, and he pointed me to the one and only generic brand seal that claimed it would work on said fancy toilet. Even after replacing the seal with the generic one I could hear water trickling every now and again. Not too many month went by until the seal felt like chewed gum sitting in water. Gross. My solution for the longest time has been to simply cut the water off on the toilet. This is not very practical for visitors, however. A friend insisted I buy another seal, but this time, he instructed me not to buy a crappy one. Amazon, of course, came through for me. I ordered this OEM Kohler brand seal that I assumed would work with fancy toilet. I had it overnighted, got home at 10:21 this evening, and I had the seal replaced by 10:23 (minus a minute for petting the dogs). Yall, Im an accountant, not a plumber. Now, how did I get this seal on so quickly? Easy. I read the package. WHAT? Heres my process: Turn off the water (easy. It was off already). Pull that tube that send water into the tower thingy in the toilet. Unhook the chain thats connected to the tower thingy. Grasp the round disk attached to the innards of the tower things and give it a firm twist counter clockwise (turn it towards your left...) Lift up and flip the whole tower upside down. If youre me, the old seal is already off and floating in the back of the toilet, but if youre not me, take off the old seal. Unpackage the (yellow!!) seal, fit it into the groove on the bottom of the tower, admire how well this seal fits and doesnt flop off, and attempt to reseat the tower in the black ring in the bottom of the tank, but then realize its too dark because you still havent called an electrician to fix the bathroom lights yet, either. Retrieve cell phone, turn on flashlight! Align the tabs on the bottom of the center of the tower to the slots on the part thats still in the toilet tank (for me, it was easier to push the center piece out of the tower so I could see where it was going). When its seated, give it a good firm turn to the right (clockwise!). Reconnect the chain (did you put the tower in with the chain on the side closest to the handle?) and reconnect the water tube into the center of the tower thingy. Turn your water back on. Enjoy the golden silence of not having the water running. Ahhhhhh.