Install the rubber bushing with the tapered side facing up toward the toilet seat.
Toilet seat that will stay up.
Family handyman to begin remove the toilet seat nuts and insert the rubber bushings.
Fortunately this problem is pretty easy to fix.
Then use the tightening tool from the kit to snug up the nut.
It s just too old.
Reasons why toilet seat will not stay up.
Soft close toilet seat removes the unpleasant noise when pulling seat down.
If the toilet seat still won t stay in place adjust its position sometimes a toilet seat has been improperly installed.
When you check the toilet seat and see loose screws broken hinge or wobbly hinges.
As i mentioned above this is probably the most common reason why toilet seats won t stay up.
If the angle between the upright toilet seat and the toilet bowl is 90 degrees or less then the seat will perpetually fall back down.
But you still have.
When you sit down you feel the seat move back and forth.
The seat mounting bolts may not be in the right place causing the seat to lay improperly against the toilet bowl.