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Help removing toilet seat
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silvercar
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Trying to replace a toilet seat. Have managed to move the wing nut underneath but the top and screw post just turns with the wing nut. I can’t see a way of removing the cover from the top. Any ideas?
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The vertical bit is attached to the circle cover plate, so I can’t see how to prise it off. The seat is probably 15 yrs old.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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Rip it off?0
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I can’t see how to do that? The cover plate won’t lever off - the whole thing moves with it.AnnieB2018 said:Rip it off?I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Hi,can we have a photie, please?0
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Use a junior hacksaw to cut off wing nut,threaded part should just lift up.0
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A few pics would be most helpful.0
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Excuse the grime. The vertical bit is attached to the horizontal cover plate
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if the top plate is moving with the wing nut then you have broken the friction between that plate & the pan but you haven't actually moved the wing nut on the thread. Try an impact on the wing nut to break the stiction on the thread (if it is a metal nut on metal thread they may have corroded together).1
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Hi,If you remove seat from hinges, that will allow you to get vice grips round top part, then wrestle with it, top and bottom, though might have to end up using hacksaw.1
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I think that is what has happened.BUFF said:if the top plate is moving with the wing nut then you have broken the friction between that plate & the pan but you haven't actually moved the wing nut on the thread. Try an impact on the wing nut to break the stiction on the thread (if it is a metal nut on metal thread they may have corroded together).
what I want to do is to be able to hold the wing nut still with pliers and get to the top of the screw to undo with a screw driver, but I can’t see a way of getting the covering plate off.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.1
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