Cure squeaky stiff Jabsco toilet

[debenbar]

After many years of using Jabsco toilets I finally read the instructions as I thought the seals needed replacing, my wife also read the instructions and suggested we tried following them, ie putting warm fresh water into the bowl and drawing it into the pump and leaving it overnight, I was sceptical but the result is a squeak free smoothly operating Jabsco. Am I the only yottie never to have bothered to do this?

 

[Pinnacle]

Try a couple of tablespoons of vegatable oil.

 

[vyv_cox]

Am I the only yottie never to have bothered to do this?

No I have never heard that one either. Manual for a toilet? Who needs one! :ambivalence:

 

[AuntyRinum]

No I have never heard that one either. Manual for a toilet? Who needs one! :ambivalence:

You obviously don't stray far from your mooring if you really believe that. You've clearly never been in the middle of Biscay wondering how to repair the toilet.

 

[RupertW]

Both methods work wonderfully and briefly. 50 odd pumps after oil, or less with warm water and the squeeks start again, I've found.

I'm wondering whether I can get something thicker than vegetable oilto stay longer.

And that thread on Jabsco Lite has got me thinking too.

 

[vyv_cox]

You obviously don't stray far from your mooring if you really believe that. You've clearly never been in the middle of Biscay wondering how to repair the toilet.

No, never been far from my mooring. Started in North Wales, sailed to Baltic, stopped in Holland for some time, left there and sailed to Greece. I have fixed toilets in almost every country in Europe but never tried hot water, or read the manual.

 

[temptress]

Both methods work wonderfully and briefly. 50 odd pumps after oil, or less with warm water and the squeeks start again, I've found.

I'm wondering whether I can get something thicker than vegetable oilto stay longer.

And that thread on Jabsco Lite has got me thinking too.

Take the plunger out spread some axle grease on the inside of the pump case and you are good to go. As a liveaboard I usually do this once every two or three months. Stops the squeaking and make pumping easier as well.

 

[Leighb]

Take the plunger out spread some axle grease on the inside of the pump case and you are good to go. As a liveaboard I usually do this once every two or three months. Stops the squeaking and make pumping easier as well.

Recommended lubricant is Vaseline, other greases can - apparently - damage the "O" ring, I generally strip ours down annually apply Vaseline and normal oder is restored.

I have used additives to the loo during the season but am not convinced that they help that much.

 

[jerrytug]

I use a little squirt of the very cheapest supermarket washing up liquid most times I flush, which lubes the piston, also you can squirt a bit on the rod when the handle is right up, as that bit squeaks on mine as well.
Also, I give twenty strokes after the bowl is empty, to make quite sure the richard is clear of my vessel and off on his travels.
Jabsco say 7 strokes per metre.

 

[temptress]

Recommended lubricant is Vaseline, other greases can - apparently - damage the "O" ring, I generally strip ours down annually apply Vaseline and normal oder is restored.

I have used additives to the loo during the season but am not convinced that they help that much.

Vaseline is OK but I find it dies out quickly, normal axle grease is better. Lived on this boat 11 years and not had a problem using grease.

 

[RichardS]

Also, I give twenty strokes after the bowl is empty, to make quite sure the richard is clear of my vessel and off on his travels.
Jabsco say 7 strokes per metre.

Christ ..... just how long are your richards?

Richard (1.9m)

 

[jerrytug]

Christ ..... just how long are your richards?

Richard (1.9m)

Long enough to do the job!

 

[Seajet]

You are entirely sure it's the loo squeaking ? Sounds like the primary symptom of Vesta Meals !

 

[KellysEye]

>Try a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil.

That's what we did but a regular squirt, otherwise you have to keep taking the pump apart to renew whatever you put in the tube.

 

[Robin]

I used to lubricate ours with the grease that replaced the (Duckhams??)one used for stern glands, might well have been an axle grease, it was waterproof and I bought mine from the auto spares shop top of quay hill in lymington where it joins the High street. Peggy Hall, otherwise the all things 'loo' lady and called 'headmistress' on the fora of old recommended using a teflon grease regularly but the principle is much the same.

Was it called 'Morrisons'??

 

[Daydream believer]

Jabsco say 7 strokes per metre.

That's a long Richard

 

[geem]

I used to lubricate ours with the grease that replaced the (Duckhams??)one used for stern glands, might well have been an axle grease, it was waterproof and I bought mine from the auto spares shop top of quay hill in lymington where it joins the high. Peggy Hall, otherwise the all things 'loo' and called 'headmistress' on the fora of old recommended using a teflon grease regularly but the principle is much the same.

We use normal waterproof grease. A blob on the piston works wonders. Far more effective than veggy oil and lasts longer in my experience.

 

[debenbar]

The Jabsco is still working well after the hot fresh water treatment, I am currently living on board so its had a good test! I have used marine grease in the past but I am not keen to dismantle the loo very often as it is brittle plastic. The vegetable oil down the pan never lasts long. Maybe hot fresh water dissolves uric acid crystals or salt crystals in the pump?

 

[geem]

The Jabsco is still working well after the hot fresh water treatment, I am currently living on board so its had a good test! I have used marine grease in the past but I am not keen to dismantle the loo very often as it is brittle plastic. The vegetable oil down the pan never lasts long. Maybe hot fresh water dissolves uric acid crystals or salt crystals in the pump?

It doesn't need much of a dismantle. Just undo the top nut and the piston lifts out. Grease and screw back in. Simples. If you are undoing the six s/s screws, you are doing wrong

 

[Robin]

It doesn't need much of a dismantle. Just undo the top nut and the piston lifts out. Grease and screw back in. Simples. If you are undoing the six s/s screws, you are doing wrong

+1 and certainly no need to remove the pump body from the base either