Seat height adjuster repair

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Originally Posted by jacabean

i have the same issue with my 03S . if the plastic lever is not broken you can fiddle with it until you catch the threads. then sit in the seat but lift your ass up so as to not put weight on the seat then adjust . the weight on the seat make the mechanism tough to free with the fragile plastic lever.

Thanks for the tips. Although the plastic lever does not appear to be broken, no amount of fiddling will make it engage the mechanism, so it looks like some more involved sear repair will be needed.

Has anyone done this kind of repair? Is it pretty straightforward to take the seat apart?