I watched many videos and was trying to figure out how to get my old toilet seat off for this exact reason. After watching a dozen or so, this seemed to be the most appropriate for my situation. I was lucky to have found a blade in my garage workbench and went to town. I had just enough space under the top bolt to get the blade to slide under, lucky enough. You're right, it takes patience and about 20 minutes hacking away on each bolt but it finally worked! I did wrap the blade with a washcloth to protect my hands from damage, it helped with the grip as well! Thanks for the video, I was ready to buy a whole new toilet or call a plumber
Thanks a million man literally tried every other possible solution but this one finally worked....Took about 3 tins of elbow grease but I got the job done!! 💪🏼😁🚽
I just used your m method to get the rusted bolts off the toilet! Thank you SOOO much !!! I'm a non-mechanically inclined person and you made this so easy to follow.
Can't help but think that you got lucky with that second bolt. 1. you were able to break off both wings of the nut. 2. the hole in the toilet was big enough to accomodate the wingless nut. Good job.
Had the same problem with the same toilet seat. Wiggled the seat until it came out, leaving only the screws and wing nuts. Grabbed and held the wing nut with a long wrench in one hand while cranking counter clockwise using the inside teeth of a standard pair of pliers.
Thank you! I saw about 4 or 5 different methods, but the hacksaw worked. A bit laborious, but I liked this method the best. Fortunately, I had a mini hack saw which made it a little easier than holding the blade directly.
I have found the best fastest way to deal with these plastic nuts. I used a 5 and 1 tool. A chisel will also work. Set the blade right on the nut and use a hammer to cut through the nut. Once it cracks open it will break the seal it has and will unscrew easily.
Don't US hacksaws have the ability to rotate the blade 90 degrees so you can saw with the blade flat? A correctly tensioned (and sharp) blade will work much more effectively. Anyway, having looked for such a video and not finding one, I attempted something similar myself with a thin layer of cardboard for protection. The bolts were actually very easy to cut through and I had fitted a budget soft close seat in no time. Cleaning the rusted fragments and debris from the floor was the biggest issue and I'd recommend putting something like an old towel on the floor as a magnet didn't help much at all. Only after I had completed the task has your video popped up in the recommendations.
