American Standard Left Hand Replacement Trip Lever for 8098 Toilet Tank (Blister Pack) - AMS-738899

That is exactly what the 738899 is built for. It is a left hand trip lever, meaning it mounts through the hole on the left side of the tank front (or the left end of the tank, depending on how the tank is drilled) for an American Standard 8098 tank. If your handle hole is on the right, a left hand lever will not orient correctly and the arm will run the wrong way over the flush valve.

It is catalogued strictly as a toilet repair part rather than a residential-only or commercial-only item, so the deciding factor is the tank, not the building. If the fixture is an American Standard 8098 tank-type toilet with a left hand handle, this is the lever, whether it is in an apartment, an office restroom, or a hotel room. Flushometer valve toilets, which are what most high-traffic commercial restrooms use, have no tank and no trip lever at all.

Often yes. When the handle spins free or flops without lifting anything, the lever arm has usually snapped at the hub or the chain has come off the arm. A replacement 738899 lever restores the mechanical link between the handle and the flapper. If the handle feels solid and the flush is just weak or short, look at the chain slack and the flapper instead, because the lever is not the problem there.

The lever ships as a blister-packed repair part with its own mounting nut arrangement, and it reuses the existing flapper chain. If the old chain is stretched, corroded, or the flapper itself is leaking, replace those at the same time, since a new lever will not fix a tank that keeps running. Water supply gets shut off and the tank drained before the old lever comes out.