This is a dumb scenario I've got myself in...hoping someone has done this before.
There is a piston to assist holding the weight of the seat on my Wake Pro 215. The bracket on the top of that piston broke so I bought a replacement and tried to install. I could not move the seat and hinge setup in a way that would let me reinstall the piston back in its socket and the piston had way too much pressure for me to compress it to aid in the installation. Through the process of trying to force this thing back in place I busted the bracket to which the seat hinge is attached. This is the black plastic piece that is riveted to the hull with 5 plastic rivets.
So now I ordered the new mount and replacement rivets too....
But before I try this again and break more stuff I thought I'd ask if there's a correct sequence in which to reinstall these parts? Clearly there must be a way to install without any load on the piston and then let the weight of the seat force the piston back down once everything is installed....right?
There is a piston to assist holding the weight of the seat on my Wake Pro 215. The bracket on the top of that piston broke so I bought a replacement and tried to install. I could not move the seat and hinge setup in a way that would let me reinstall the piston back in its socket and the piston had way too much pressure for me to compress it to aid in the installation. Through the process of trying to force this thing back in place I busted the bracket to which the seat hinge is attached. This is the black plastic piece that is riveted to the hull with 5 plastic rivets.
So now I ordered the new mount and replacement rivets too....
But before I try this again and break more stuff I thought I'd ask if there's a correct sequence in which to reinstall these parts? Clearly there must be a way to install without any load on the piston and then let the weight of the seat force the piston back down once everything is installed....right?