Toto toilet seat broken hold to toilet

[allan]

The one piece slow dropping seat has an integral attachment, this has
a lip molded to it that holds it in place by the bolt. Well the lip
broke off (granddaughter child seat put stress on it, I guess), so now
only one bolt is holding. This looks non repairable to me. Any
thoughts.

[Lawrence]

You might be able to epoxy it back together. Better, contact the
manfuacturer for a replacement. Aftermarket generic replacement are
also available. They have a big selectin at the BORG.

[allan]

What is BORG

On 29 Mar 2007 08:23:25 -0700, "Lawrence" <lwh...@paulbunyan.net>
wrote:

[Malcolm Hoar]

I've tried several epoxies on a plastic toilet seat and none
of them lasted. Bemis (world's largest maker) was completely
unhelpful with a replacement hinge.

I just took the old seat down to HD and bought the closest
matching replacement seat which cost around $10. Problem solved
permanently following a 2 mintute installation job.

My conclusion was: don't mess around with these things.
Just replace with something that fits and you like. If you
can't find anything suitable, try contacting Toto. I imagine
they're more helpful than Bemis (they couldn't be less so).

--
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
| ma...@malch.com Gary Player. |
| http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Cliff Hartle]

Home Depot

It's a Star Trek Next Generation reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29

"allan" <al...@his.com> wrote in message
news:a5qn039fddjh8g4kd...@4ax.com...

[Roger Shoaf]

"allan" <al...@his.com> wrote in message
news:a5qn039fddjh8g4kd...@4ax.com...
> What is BORG
>

Big Orange Retail Giant

[Jack]

"Malcolm Hoar" <ma...@malch.com> wrote in message
news:eugqgv360...@nntp.sonic.net...

Total has exact replacement seats, a bit pricey though. If epoxy fails in
the long term, try plastic welding which should be as strong as the original
plastic.

[agentxyz]

responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/Toto-toilet-seat-broken-hold-to-toilet-205965-.htm
agentxyz wrote:

-------------------------------------
1. take the plastic flange that broke off and reattach using superglue
(\"single use\" tubes are more economical).
2. while it sets, get the plastic cap that covers the screw hole. put a
hole though it by using a drill or heating a paperclip with a lighter.
2. lay the seat back on the toilet and put the plastic screw back in the
hole over the flange but don\'t bolt it on the toilet yet, because you\'ll
break the flange again.
3. mix up some epoxy (i used Loc-tite 5 minute setting), fill up the area
above the screw.
4. put the cap back on--any air or extra epoxy with come out of the hole
in the cap.
5. clean off any excess epoxy before it dries with fingernail polish
remover.
6. The screw is now permanently attached to the seat. Bolt it on the
toilet.

[HandyLawyer]

Forget all the glue and trying to re-attach weak plastic to the weak plastic seat bracket. Take two, flat washers (metal) that will cover the seat bracket area, keeping the detached plastic rings, if still intact, and re-attach the bolts through the toilet and voila. You now have a much sturdier attachment in place and you don't have to worry about whether glued plastic can hold up.

[MaybeNotSoHandy]

Me thinks me posted too soon ...

The Cover of the seat does NOT go back far enough, unless the washers are really thin, and perhaps made of a thinner plastic as well. The metal flat washers DO hold the seat down nicely, but with that cover not going back far enough, that poses a new problem. I'm still working on a better solution.