Hobie AI 2015+ (earlier may apply) rudder control

EDIT: I decided to RTFM and found it's an optional change  Shoulda done this to begin with.

Hi,

When I bought my AI the company rigged it for me and put something like a 2" tall block under the rudder lever.

I'm not sure if this is optional or required for some reason. I'd like to eliminate it to bring the lever down because anytime I launch I have to go over it, and it's just one more thing in the way. And I'm always worried if I sit on it wrong it would snap.

Can the lever be flush on the 2015? I remember it is flush on BMB's but the style is different from the 2015. I'm worried that I might launch and find out there's a good reason it's there lol.

Fixing up the AI now that my parts came in!

Last resort.  Read the manual