I've cracked the float valve arm while shaping it. Do I need to replace it or can I leave as is?
The story... Had a leaking coupling between feed pipe and plastic/nylon float valve fitting in the toilet. After much faffing about I couldn't get the leak to stop, (lots of different fibre washers/ptfe etc tried) so bought a new brass float valve fitting (and some rubber washers). only problem was its a narrow cistern and I needed to put a 30 degree bend in the end of the arm so the float fitted in the cistern and didn't fowl the syphon when moving. In bending it I've put a crack in the arm about a third of the way through its thickness. Bent arm is working a treat, and no leaks now. but bothered about the fact the arm is now 'broken'. Do I need to go get another arm and try again? Should have heated it to soften the brass but no means of heating it... hohum. Or can I just forget about it as it'll be fine for the rest of its life?
Cheers in advance for any replies
The story... Had a leaking coupling between feed pipe and plastic/nylon float valve fitting in the toilet. After much faffing about I couldn't get the leak to stop, (lots of different fibre washers/ptfe etc tried) so bought a new brass float valve fitting (and some rubber washers). only problem was its a narrow cistern and I needed to put a 30 degree bend in the end of the arm so the float fitted in the cistern and didn't fowl the syphon when moving. In bending it I've put a crack in the arm about a third of the way through its thickness. Bent arm is working a treat, and no leaks now. but bothered about the fact the arm is now 'broken'. Do I need to go get another arm and try again? Should have heated it to soften the brass but no means of heating it... hohum. Or can I just forget about it as it'll be fine for the rest of its life?
Cheers in advance for any replies