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DerbyDad03 wrote:

Over the past few days one of my toilets had been giving me a bit of
trouble.

Normally I could just push the handle down and let go. The flap would
stay up until the tank was empty and I would get a complete flush.

Recently I found that the flap was dropping down too soon (almost
immediately) so the toilet wouldn't flush. I had to hold the handle
down for a little while so the flap would stay up and give me a full
flush - not the whole time it took to empty the tank, but longer than
just a single "push and let go."

This morning I shortened the plastic chain by a couple of links and
it's back to flushing with a quick push of the handle.

I checked the plastic rod from the handle - it's straight and tight -
and the handle isn't tilted in any way. As far as I can tell nothing
has changed in the many years since the guts were installed, yet for
some reason I had to shorten the chain to get the flap to stay up.

Any thoughts?

The porcelain god is a mysterious entity, understood by few mortals. You
must become one with it by kneeling before it in meditative prayer twice
daily for six hours, with your head submerged.

The handle rotated CCW when someone flushed it aggressively.