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Posted: Dec 19, 2016

can help me.  I want to replace a toilet seat and I expect the procelain hole on the one side is a little different than the right where you put the bolt down through so the one side of the toilet seat doesnt not sit flush at the front when you tighten the screws on the toilet.  I have no idea how to line this up so it sits flush all the way around.  I never thought a toilet seat would take this long to figure out but it is not the seat but the toilet part where it attaches.  Figures.  I guess it needs something under the one side to make it sit level but what no clue.

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Try this...SM - Old

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measure the diameter of the hole on the side you need to raise the seat from the toilet, then measure the height you need to raise the seat, for example 1/8 inch. Go to a hardware store, preferably one where you can get personal assistance and ask for a rubber washer with that hole size and thickness that you need. If I'm understanding your problem correctly, that should do the trick.

O-ring, think rubber which sits around hole - SM

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and is the lip which your toilet will slip over. These come in a box that should have been included but who knows. I have one in a junk draw as it was not needed when I had a new one put on.

They should be at a hardware store.http://www.toiletology.com/wax-ring.shtml

Happy Sailing!

An O-ring sits between...SM - Old Anon

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the bottom of the toilet and the floor. The OP is installing a toilet seat on the top of the toilet. At least that's what it sounded like. I wish she'd come back and let us know if she got it installed.

Sorry, no I havent put it on yet. I still have the old one there. - PAMT

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It looks pretty bad paint wise but I haven't tried to replace the seat yet. I have the washers but just didn't get time to do it. It is the toilet seat.

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