Opened it up shortly after posting this and emailing hobie, couldn't wait for a reply. Interesting trying to figure out how the thing worked. The large black bungee was looped and clamped on to the stepped adjustment plastic, and one end was loose. Took a minute to figure what was going on, end of bungee had some nicks in it, then a little piece of the metal clamp that held a loop fell out. Realized the loose end of the bungee was looped around something, but what? Figured it was looped around the metal bar in there, got some fishing wire and made a new loop, seems to work. Had concerns about all the stuff happening in this seat, and seeing the other post about the lumbar thing, I'm wondering if I messed up getting this thing!
Not really, it's a great boat, though I did see a cup or two of water was inside my kayak after my first trip. Now I'm working on figuring where it came from, scuppers? Coming over the back and going through the back hatch? I'm leaning toward the scuppers. Guy I bought it off of used a scupper wheel cart. We shall see.
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