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Broken bolt on toilet seat

On my 1 pc Kolah tiolet one of the seat bolts is either broken or the nut is stripped out .If I cut the bolt ,what do I use to bolt down the next seat ? I will have nothing to screw my next bolt into.

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  • Anonymous Apr 22, 2009

    It is where the lid is connected to the seat.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    Is the bolt where the seat is connected to the toilet bowl or where the lid is connected to the seat????

  • Anonymous Mar 23, 2014

    The seat is loose due to the nuts undone onthe bolts.I cannot access the bolts

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Kohler toilet need the new seat ... so i try to took out the nut and the nut was half broken. now i can not put the new seat and the nut got still stuck in it... how can i do???

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Your new seat will have bolts and nuts with it.

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