When the seal inside the toilet basin incompletely seals, and water slowly drains out, do you need to replace the entire internal mechanism?

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I’ve always just replaced the entire assembly. My thinking is that since the gasket has gone, chances are the arm holding the chain will probably go soon too. **** knows, that’s happened to me often enough.

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