Toilet seat sliding horizontally - anyone used silicone on the fixings?

[DistantHillsBB]

Hello

Bought quite a nice soft closing toilet seat from B&Q which seemed to attach fairly securely initially but after a couple of weeks its sliding left and right. I cannot get the plastic wing nuts to tighten any further so was wondering whether I should remove the seat, apply some silicone under the plastic disc fittings on the top of the pan to give them some grip and then retighten underneath.
Its one of these low profile seats so its not about shaping the lugs/pads at the front I think because then the seat would not be horizontal on the back to front line.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Some toilet seats are just tat mate, having said that you should expect more than 2 weeks before doing the cludgy shuffle.
Plastic wingnuts are crap though....
Is there not screws under the caps of the hinges that fix it stationary?

 

[rpm]

Without being rude are you sure you used all the parts supplied?

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Without being rude are you sure you used all the parts supplied?

I thought you were going to say have you got a big arse :lol:

 

[townfanjon]

I look after a engineering factory and most of the lads are animals and seem to deliberately mess with the toilet seats, the last lot I fitted came with a double sided sticky pad to go between the seat and the pan, as well as the plastic bolt. strangely they haven't moved. Maybe worth you looking out for some pads, hopefully they may be available

 

[DistantHillsBB]

Without being rude are you sure you used all the parts supplied?

Yes used all the parts.
The toilet is from teh 80's hence and from experience the fixings now seem to differ from back then. The holes on the toilet are quite large so really there is only friction to stop the seat from moving around

 

[rpm]

Were the fiitings Rubber washer > Metal washer > Plastic nut? or I have seen a dome piece of plastic that is supposed to fit in to the large hole first that you mentioned, either way I agree the fixings aren`t as good as in the past.

 

[wetdrip]

Best bog seat I've ever bought was a piece of plastic crap from Woolworths some ten year plus ago.
Still using it, and it too does the horizontal shuffle.