How often do you have to replace the rubber seal in your toilet so that it holds water? It seems that we have to replace ours yearly. Do you do it yourself or let the dealer do it. Ours is a SeaLand by Dometic.
Tmcblane said
11:45 AM Jan 21, 2007
I have never had to replace mine in any of my rv's. But having said that I have had to clean them as they sometimes get buildup on them and prevents them from sealing. If you have to replace your's that often I guess I would ask if you use some type of regular toilet cleaner that may damage the seal. Or maybe your's also just suffers from buildup and you are prematurely replacing them. To clean them I just put on some rubber gloves and use a piece of sos pad and just rub the sealing surfaces. If I remember right the sealand has the half ball shape. That is currently what we have installed (I just put it in a couple of months ago). What i took out was probably the Tetford which has the slide type seal. On the Tetford the seal is a bit harder and that was the one I would use the sos pad on. The dometic is a fairly soft seal and they are easy to replace so I would not pay someone to do it for you if you don't mind doing your own maintenance. Once you remove the bottom cover there will be some type of clamp or screws. Mine which is a 510 model is nothing more than a huge worm hose clamp. Should only take about 15 minutes to replace.
jomago said
01:33 PM Jan 21, 2007
I thought I had to but I didn't have to after the dealer said he would have to order the parts and it would take several days, (wants money up front and if the wrong parts come -they're yours).
Being we had to go wee wee , decided to field strip the unit and cleaned it up and all worked ok.
One thing I've found that if the unit stands for a period of time without use, you had best keep water in the bowl (don't let it dry out).
Judy said
04:34 PM Jan 21, 2007
Since my husband just had to do this to our RV its a 2002 fiver and he did it himself as he usually can do most of anything that we need done. We dont know when it was done last but it just wasnt holding the water like it should.
southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs
Judy said
04:38 PM Jan 21, 2007
I should of added that the ring was the only thing that needed replaced not the ball unit, so we took it back to the rv store while in the Quartzsite area.
southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs
mikeway said
10:19 PM Jan 21, 2007
Hi Judy,
If that is the Sealand Traveler, the porcelain unit, I would think yearly is too often. I replaced ours only once in 4 years. If it leaks, the docs say to tighten the screws on occasion. Too pricey for more often than that.
Mike
Judy said
05:13 PM Jan 22, 2007
No I think it was Sandra that said they replace they'rs once a yr. Not Judy and Bob...we have only replaced ours once.
I thought I had to but I didn't have to after the dealer said he would have to order the parts and it would take several days, (wants money up front and if the wrong parts come -they're yours).
Being we had to go wee wee , decided to field strip the unit and cleaned it up and all worked ok.
One thing I've found that if the unit stands for a period of time without use, you had best keep water in the bowl (don't let it dry out).
Since my husband just had to do this to our RV its a 2002 fiver and he did it himself as he usually can do most of anything that we need done. We dont know when it was done last but it just wasnt holding the water like it should.
southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs
I should of added that the ring was the only thing that needed replaced not the ball unit, so we took it back to the rv store while in the Quartzsite area.
southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs
If that is the Sealand Traveler, the porcelain unit, I would think yearly is too often. I replaced ours only once in 4 years. If it leaks, the docs say to tighten the screws on occasion. Too pricey for more often than that.
Mike
No I think it was Sandra that said they replace they'rs once a yr. Not Judy and Bob...we have only replaced ours once.
southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs