Replacing toilet---wax gasket questions

I'm replacing a toilet and have a couple of questions about the wax ring gasket. The one that I bought didn't have a sleeve. The old toilet, which I've removed, had a sleeve with its gasket.

1) Should I use the plain wax ring, go back and buy a new one with a sleeve, or use the old sleeve with the new plain wax ring?

2) If I use the plain wax ring, it has an interior diameter larger than the drain horn on the toilet. Should I just press it against the bottom of the toilet, or press it in so it touches the outside of the drain horn?

3) If I use the old sleeve, I figure that I can cut the wax ring in half so I have two, thinner rings, and sandwichthe old sleeve between the rings. Is there something wrong with that plan?

4) Something else I'm missing?

Thanks in advance,

-Ben

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Ben
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Yer making it too hard. For the 3-4 bucks the right ring costs, unless you need a plane ticket and passport to go back to the home center, I'd get the closest thing you can find to what was there. If you haven't messed up the new ring, or pulled the wax paper off, they will probably even take it back. Some things just are not worth reinventing.

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aemeijers

Plain ring will work. A new ring with sleeve will work too.

No. Put the new ring on the pipe flange and gently lower the toilet onto it.

Throw the old ring/sleeve in the garbage.

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Pat

Agreed. Just buy the new ring with the sleeve. Hopefully you have more than one toilet as well, unless you are good at holding it or going to the neighbors house. HeHeHE!

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bigjcw1023

Wax rings are pretty much passe now. I went to the waxless toilet seal on my last install. I'll never go back to the wax type again. Google "Fernco waxless toilet seal"

Harry K

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Harry K

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