Genuine Part Gp1059291 Canister Seal

Easier to install than the whole can assembly. If all of your plastics are still in good shape, but the flusher sticks or the water is always running, the this is the easiest fix.

The old seal was busted and the tank would refill every minute. I was worried as I was not the one to install the flapper and I had never run into a cylindrical one before. Once I got it It was quite intuitive on how to install it and took less than 10 minutes for the whole thing to be taken apart and put back together. Now my toilet only flushes after use.

My in-suite toilet would every so often sound like it a was automatically flushing itself all through the freakin’ night! It kept me awake! I thought it was the flush mechanism so I changed that! Then I observed that it was this O- ring that needed to be replaced! This item is the original Kohler replacement. Don’t buy the fake ones, you’ll just waste your money. These aren’t so expensive anyways. Save yourself the headache and get this original replacement! Getting my well deserved zzzzs!!!

Liked everything. A toilet in my bathroom.

After nine years, the original canister seal disintegrated causing the toilet to continue running. It was difficult to remove the canister top (plastic, didnt want to snap/break it), but once that was done the old seal took some work to remove but this seal went on like a charm. Hoping to get another 9 years out of it.

If you have a leaky/running off and on Kohler toilet, this part replaces the red ring that is on the bottom of the black tube in the toilet tank. The original red ring came apart easily over the years, and this replaces it. Check out the toilet lid underside for parts options, and if you cant determine it, call Kohler and ask what they recommend, with the part number required. To install this part: switch off water below tank, flush the toilet to drain the water in the tank, open the lid, remove black tube (squeeze widthwise), and scrape off red ring that has eroded. then replace it with this ring. replace lid, and turn on water, and flush! 5 minutes to replace, countless gallons of water saved

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.

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.

It was the perfect size to seal inside the toilet tank. It was the size recommended by the toilet manufacturer. I have no idea how it was installed or what was done. It was installed very quickly and the toilet stopped constantly running.

Had I known how ridiculously easy this was to fix, I would have done it months ago. The hardest part was probably putting the canister back in the cradle once the seal was replaced. The whole process will take about 3 minutes, maybe 4 if you struggle a bit like I did trying to get the canister to line up so it will fit back in the slot The seal is a perfect fit. The genuine replacement Kohler seal is a bit pricey for what it is, just a simple rubberized ring, but Im guessing what youre paying for is the composition of the rubber which will resist corrosion and disintegration and likely outlast the cheap no-name brand knockoffs. The initial seal lasted 6 yrs. Im guessing this will also last that long.