How to Fix a Toilet Handle That Won't Go Up After Flushing

Not sure why there are downvotes for this video . . . our 18 year-old toilet's handle was slow to rise recently, so I unscrewed it from the back, cleaned out dust and all, added silicone lubricant at both ends and actuated it until that got inside. The handle is no longer slow/sticking and acts as normal again.

thanks!

Gee, this was helpful and certainly not a waste of 51 seconds of my life... NOT!

remove this video please

Well this was super gay. Its most likely the seal in the vacuum tank or the rod that connects the handle to the tank/mechanism has either become detached or snapped.


Wow.

Um...just change the title of the video to..."Maybe it's dirty?"

Hey too much detail!....Literally the laziest video ever made.

The ad was longer than the video. Lol

Awful video

How to fix a toilet handle that won't go up after flushing. Step 1: fix the toilet handle. Please like, share, and subscribe!

One more thing to check, which may be more in cases in apartment complexes, is that the tank lever is the correct style for your tank. The maintenance workers of this 200+ unit complex that I live in installed the wrong one in my tank and so it pressed against the inside of the tank and got stuck when in the up position. The temporary fix for me was to loosen the handle nut way beyond what it should be. This allowed the handle to pivot in the xy direction, which prevented the lever from being pressed into the inside wall of the tank.

There are much better examples than this.

Show and tell. The visuals and the description is not in sync.

useless video!

Wow, tyvm! I am delighted that I can actually perform this task. Our handle is not working directly after our plumber came, charged $250 for 10 mins to change the flapper and now not only is the handle all wonkie and either kind of just hangs down or is sort of stuck in horizontal alignment and it takes a long time to fill (my husband says that it no longer has water conserving capabilities). Further, the tank itself is up higher and you can see under or between the tank and the commode (like the dust line from where it has been seamlessly together for years) as if they accidentally put the tank-to-bowl gasket back upside down or something. Like you can see under the tank. It is a a little but enough that you can see it and it is now rocking. None of this was there before they came yesterday. I am concerned because I do not want to call them back to try to restore its functioning or for any reason. But I do not know if calling someone else is the right thing to do. Thank you for your excellent tutorial. Will check back with a follow-up.

Thank u...good 51 seconds right here