We purchased a Kohler Pursuade Curv toilet for our beach house in 2013. When the ‘Quiet Close’ lid recently failed I tried to remove the seat to install the new Quiet Close part.
To my surprise, the bolts were frozen in the anchor inserts. One anchor finally stripped and cracked into two pieces, as shown below. Fortunately, the toilet itself was not cracked in the process.
The cause of this problem was immediately apparent: the anchor was made of aluminum...
Kohler toilets: Bad anchor bolt design for toilet seats -- with no solution
To my surprise, the bolts were frozen in the anchor inserts. One anchor finally stripped and cracked into two pieces, as shown below. Fortunately, the toilet itself was not cracked in the process.
The cause of this problem was immediately apparent: the anchor was made of aluminum...
Kohler toilets: Bad anchor bolt design for toilet seats -- with no solution
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