Glacial Bay - Keep from throwing it away? Broke - No Parts?

[Don2222]

Hello
This toilet is less than 2 years old from Home Depot and the flush lever completely rotted off and the chain fell to the bottom of the tanks!
Has anyone else had this problem???
The man at Home Depot said they do not make parts for it and the inspectors in Mass will not pass them in a new bath build because of that
So he suggested to buy the Everbuilt replacement lever and bend the shaft or get a new toilet

So I bent the shaft and it works! It may even last longer!
See pics below
Pic 1 - rotted flush lever chain fell to bottom of tank.
Pic 2 - old broken lever
Pic 3 - new Everbuilt replacement flush lever
Pic 4 - Bending the new lever vet carefully!!
Pic 5 - Same shape as the old lever and it works!

 

[vinny11950]

Nice work, Don.

 

[heat seeker]

Nice! I wonder what a plumber would charge for that - probably a couple of hundred bucks, with time and travel.

 

[English BoB]

Check google, seems to be all sorts of parts available. I did a very quick look.

bob

 

[semipro]

Is it possible you can't find parts because the manufacturer is actually "Glacier Bay"?
Thanks for sharing your work-around.