How To Remove and Replace Office Chair Cylinder
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Is your office chair slowly sinking and not holding it's height anymore? There is a good chance that your pneumatic cylinder needs to be replaced. This friction fit component can feel impossible to get out if using the wrong tools.
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Tools Needed
18" Pipe Wrench - amzn.to/3yvttI6 (Amazon)
16oz Rubber Mallet - amzn.to/3dZ5p6Q (Amazon)
In this video, Taylor will show you how to remove and replace your defective office chair cylinder. Using a pipe wrench and a rubber mallet, you should be able to get move cylinders removed from your chair.
*Using a pipe wrench may damage your cylinder. This method is only suggested for users who want to replace their cylinder or are disassembling the chair for disposal purposes.
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@btodtv 2 жыл бұрын
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@whiteknightcat 2 жыл бұрын
Can Taylor just come to my place and repair my chair for me?
@jackstransmissions8163 2 жыл бұрын
Not going to lie .. I chuckled a couple times watching her try to get the cylinder off. :) ... Then I cried when it was my turn and I struggled even more ... The video was very helpful!!
@randymarsh9488 2 жыл бұрын
lol same
@ericbuczynski4061 Жыл бұрын
The original video showed angrier eyes and eyebrows, along with a red circle and "WHOOPS" inside of the circle that covered her mouth.
@Phoen1x883 3 ай бұрын
This comment is no joke. A word of advice to anyone getting ready to do this: pipe wrenches are $8 at Harbor Freight, and some liberal application of WD-40 is a must. Do it right, or do it with 2 hours and a lot of cussing.
@Bowman368 3 ай бұрын
@@Phoen1x883You saved me 2 hours. Thank you so much!! I first tried this with a wrench but it ain't no pipe wrench. Went straight to HF after reading your comment and it was over in 10 seconds with some WD-40!
@MrJayehawk 2 ай бұрын
It's friggin hard to loosen one of those things. She did alright.
@davidclayton9356 3 жыл бұрын
The tools you are going to need are an anvil and Thor’s hammer
@deepakrishnan7514 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@bestopinion9257 3 жыл бұрын
Please tell me how. Mine doesn't want to release whatever I do.
@davidclayton9356 3 жыл бұрын
@@bestopinion9257 The pipe wrench worked for me to remove the bottom half from the rest of the chair, although it scratches the pipe pretty bad. Then I put the bottom half over a trash can with the wheels facing up, put a piece of wood over the part of the piston that sticks out, and whacked it really hard a few times with a hammer. The wood broke, but the pipe fell out. Hope that helps!
@bestopinion9257 3 жыл бұрын
@@davidclayton9356 I have scratched already myself. I wanted to make a return. I return it as it is, unmounted and scratched. ;) I see the piston is not expensive, only $15. Those liars make videos with unused chairs. When I mounted it first time, the piston went out just pulling it a little.
@deepakrishnan7514 3 жыл бұрын
@@bestopinion9257 not working for me too. At last I broke the rod now the chair is not usable 😭
@MacyIsInThisKitchen 3 жыл бұрын
man all I wanted to do was return this chair I didn't realize I had to become Tim Allen out of pocket
@bestopinion9257 3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Did you managed? How?
@priyanshuvettori5179 2 жыл бұрын
@@bestopinion9257 plz help me too I also need to return
@bestopinion9257 2 жыл бұрын
@@priyanshuvettori5179 My advise is to return it unmounted if you can. I did not managed to remove it and I have scratched it badly and finally return it unmounted.
@stephenm5000 4 жыл бұрын
If you have a 15 year old chair that's been in daily use, this is not as easy as the video. To remove the cylinder from the chair takes the biggest 'persuader' you have access too, and drenching in WD40 overnight, and also twisting it with a huge levered pipe wrench. After 20/30 minutes banging the dam thing for all you're worth, she'll come off easy LOL
@btodtv 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Stephen! You're not wrong about it being difficult on an older chair! This was a random chair I selected, and it is just used to show the process of removing the cylinder. I have had difficulty removing a cylinder on an office chair that was older, which I did a few months after this video. To everyone else, if it is a cylinder that you are recycling, I would definitely suggest hitting the sides of the cylinder to help loosen it. Glad you were still able to remove your cylinder, Stephen! - TK
@geerstyresoil3136 3 жыл бұрын
Don't mess with those cheap rubberized mallets (they don't have enough weight/mass and they deform too easily asgainst the back of the pistion ridges), just use a sizable metal dead blow hammer (looks like a mini thor hammer) and a piece of wood, no need to mess around with fluids. it will knock it out trust me. its not easy to dislodge something with a tool that isn't as strong then what you are removing.
@ph11p3540 3 жыл бұрын
So true. I have personally experienced cold welded cylinders to the spider they were so case hardened. The metal will leave weld marks were it friction welded itself. You really don't want this to happen if it's a $2000 high end task chair. Might be better to gently heat the spider base and put a sack of dry ice to the cylinder to uncase harden it. Fortunately you will never friction weld or case harden an ABS chair spider though they occasionally crack at the sleeve socket.
@ThatGuyBW 3 жыл бұрын
I second (or fourth or fifth) this comment! My chair isn't even that old, and I'm assuming the huge levered pipe wrench is the difference because twisting that darn cylinder off with some locking wrenches and a mallet took forever. The chance of reusing that old cylinder is over! Either way, this video was super helpful to understand that in most cases, it's entirely friction fitted. Thank you, all!
@Tubedog8 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Stephen - I am going through this today and for my particular chair (That I bought at Staples about 15 years ago) - that cylinder will not budge even with lots of persuasion.
@briancarleton4032 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I like how its straight to the point and doesnt have useless information about how office chairs were built back in the 90's.
@robertmelio4262 3 жыл бұрын
Thank You Taylor. I don't have a pipe wrench, just 2 channel locks and the base kept moving around so I screwed it back onto the chair to keep it stable, took a deep breath with the channel lock and it worked.!!!! Thank you.!!!
@juicychicken6779 Жыл бұрын
thanks for making this video and thanks to the helpful comments under the video! my gas cylinder was extremely stuck on the star base after 5-6 years of sitting on it. it took a coat of WD-40 and 3 in one oil at the edges of the cylinder, waiting a bit for the WD-40 to lubricate,then whacking the cylinder with a regular hammer maybe 20-30 times. had try it again and again with more WD-40. i placed the star base on the rim of a large round metal garbage can instead of a table. the pipe wrench used to detach it from the actual chair did the trick easily enough.
@colboysigmax Жыл бұрын
Great video and will for sure use in future. I had the sinking problem too but when started to dismantle I discovered the adjust handle was bent and sitting proud of the mechanism which meant that the actual seat was pushing on the adjust rod which in turn pushed on the release button!! Hence the problem! I took off the handle, straightened it and filed the top of the rod just to be sure and now it's perfect.
@madimakes Жыл бұрын
incredibly helpful; especially seeing the amount of effort you had to use to get it unscrewed...i thought maybe mine was fused on...i just needed to shift the wrench up higher and give it a good few pulls. thank you!
@audiophizile13 2 жыл бұрын
Very easy with this method! Once I found my pipe wrench took less than 10 minutes to swap in a new one. Thanks!
@James66344 2 жыл бұрын
I did it today for the second time. What helped was a large pipe wrench, like shown in the video and a rubber mallet. Tighten the pipe wrench as much as it can be tightened as close to the seat of the chair, then hit the end of it with the mallet. With a few swings, you should get the cylinder from the seat off. With the base and the cylinder, it's a different story. I recommend disassembling it by pulling the pin, spraying some WD40 in between the base and cylinder on both sides, then trying to crimp it as much as possible all the way around with the wrench and mallet. Then go wild on the bottom with the mallet.
@RWW22 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! The cylinder already detached from the top. the pain was getting the cylinder out of the base. A few wacks with a pipe wrench did the trick. Im glad you showed the host having trouble removing the top. Most vids make things look easy. Great Vid
@noxious26 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. Worked for me but was a lot harder than in the video. 10 year old chair. Needed to use some WD40 before it would start turning. Once it got going, wasn't too bad. Knocking the cylinder from the base was pretty simple.
@nheng6913 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the pipe wrench idea and glad that you mentioned protecting the cylinder if you need to re-use it.
@Dark_eVader 2 жыл бұрын
I've spent several minutes turning the pipe wrench counter-clockwise to no avail until I watched your video turning it clock-wise. Counter intuitive for those used to removing bolts counter-clockwise but it worked. Thanks for your video.
@dirtysprite_ 2 жыл бұрын
Can we please get this comment at the top of the page. 15 minutes of beating at my $2k, 1yr old chair scared af I was going to break some type of mechanism. Came back to the comments, saw this, and a minute later I was done. Thank you internet stranger!
@tbyrd2046 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! I saw the video and thought immediately.. LEFT HANDED THREADS!!
@manthejack 2 жыл бұрын
How is that any different? It is not screwed in, so all that matters is that you move it in any way, right?
@Dark_eVader 2 жыл бұрын
@@manthejack Go ahead and try it out yourself. It defies logic as there are no threads yet it only seems to work best counter-clockwise.
@richardplastino792 2 жыл бұрын
Boy, did that work slick. I used PB Penetrating Catalyst both where the chrome piston shaft goes into the chair seat and down at the bottom where the much thicker piston bottom goes into the chair base. Let the catalyst work for 15 minutes, and used a 24 inch pipe wrench and they both broke loose albeit with a pretty heavy force. I had a plastic lever extender, but did not need it. I did everything on the plastic floor pad and got sufficient leverage to apply to the pipe wrench. No need to put the chair on a counter or anything like that. Thanks for the tips from about 3 videos on the penetrating catalyst, a big pipe wrench and anyone can do it. It took me about 3 minutes not counting the soaking time for the catalyst.
@mulletsquirrel 7 ай бұрын
This helped me take apart my new uncomfortable chair to send it back to the seller, thanks!
@vanessav692 2 жыл бұрын
This, or a version of this, finally worked for me. I removed the cylinder from the chair first, vs trying to hammer it out from the base first. I had to put the chair on the floor and stand on the wrench, but it worked. And then using the hammer vs the mallot finally worked. The cylinder, wrench and hammer are a bit worse for wear, but I have an adjustable chair again!
@johnholstad6251 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Fabulous, I learned more in this videos then I did in the other three that I watched. It takes a woman to show you how. .Job well done. I would like to add a couple of thing about the process that made it a lot easier for me. 1) use a little of WD40 on the base of the wheel standard and also on the top hole nearest the chair seat. 2) I found that if I us a steel hammer or a hand sledge, a couple of taps on the pipe wrench makes much less stress. I really appreciate your video and will tell friends and family of BTODtv. Now I'm sliding around my office is perfect height. . . . You did it in 2:30 mins and I wasn't far behind. . . . LOL
@CinematicSouls 3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! This was so hard taking it apart. The tool mentioned helped so much.
@arthurseymorejr.3606 3 жыл бұрын
Just used your video to repair my chair and it's like new again . Thanks for the info in the video .
@clawdia123 3 жыл бұрын
Wow... I knew I could count on you. I have been struggling with the removal of the cylinder of a new office chair we have to return. After 3 hours. I gave up and went to You Tube. Thank you so much it took me 2 minutes to remove the cylinder. I fit everything in the box and it is on it's way. I should have checked with you first...thank you.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad we were able to help! -TK
@BeefyTanks 4 ай бұрын
Are you using a hydraulic cylinder of some sort? It only took you 2 minutes?
@EAGLEBLACKInquisido 9 ай бұрын
Clear, concise and helpful.
@mabdub 3 жыл бұрын
I did replace the piston and I did use this video. On my own I would not have realized how essential the pipe wrench is to loosening the old piston. It did take a few good reefs but eventually I felt the piston give a little and then it turned a bit more easily until I was finally able to loosen it a lot and eventually remove it. At first, I thought the pipe wrench might not be the correct tool but when I was finally able to remove the old piston I realized that it was the only correct tool for the job. I also went online to a different site to learn how to insert the new piston properly without damaging anything. But, I did start with this video because it was the most informative one. I just wish the video had shown the entire process of replacing the piston and not just the removal step. This video was really well presented in a simple yet thorough manner which made the process look very doable. I am indebted to the makers of this video. Thank you.
@jacobwaters5962 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, i tried using a regular wrench and it anything but worked.
@blautens Жыл бұрын
Using 16 or 20 inch groove joint pliers works for me.
@rayj6607 2 жыл бұрын
Thx for the video! I had one hell of a time getting the cylinder out of the chair. It's a very old chair that was sealed very tight. I am 6.2 and weigh 250, so I was putting a ton of torque on the pipe wrench after soaking the cylinder overnight in WD40 and other lubricants. I tried for several days, then just gave up. I was able to hammer off the bottom part (with a real hammer, the rubber mallet did not work), but could not get the top part to budge no matter how hard I pushed on the pipe wrench... the whole bracket assembly started to warp I was torquing so hard. What finally did it for me was after I had the pipe wrench firmly secured on the cylinder, I hit it several times hard with a large thor hammer, and it finally broke the seal and twisted off.... whew. So next time I will go straight for hammering the pipe wrench first. good luck everyone!
@TheReloader Жыл бұрын
Great tip. Thanks!
@RamziSouki 10 ай бұрын
I gave up at this step and bought a new chair
@kyrandell3290 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks BTOD. Really helpful video. Enabled me to repair my faulty chair and not have to buy replacement. Excellent presenter and thorough, well thought through presentation. 5* performance in every respect. Best wishes
@Steel_the_Free 2 жыл бұрын
A genuinely natural, sincere and honest presentation. Better even than showing that a woman (not some muscle headed jock) can do the removal. More to the point, how authentic was her attack to loosen the cylinder shaft. It very accurately shows how torque-tight-to-lock the factory assembles its products. One of the main battles the unsuspecting DIY’er confronts and frequently risks tearing up the “patient” before “surgery”. She mentions that the “cylinder is NOT SCREWED ON”. Are “all” cylinders thusly shrink-fitted? Otherwise, I would “try” the turning-direction in the COUNTERCLOCKWISE direction. Accept for law offices, pipe wrenches are a hard find in the rolling-desk chair environment. Thanks.
@SaltyTubers Жыл бұрын
Thank you Taylor, VERY helpful! 🙂
@adamtauch8324 3 жыл бұрын
1:37 -> Out of all the videos I watched, this was the best one to watch. I did not have a rubber mallet like so but I used a kettlebell to bash that same spot and took it off in seconds!!!
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! Thank you for the kind words -GK
@jacquelinecarolus7860 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This really worked
@TheTechnicalMiracle Жыл бұрын
This was extremely helpful, thank you. Managed to fix a chair that came with the wrong piston. Pain to get out but this video helped. One tip once the piston has been removed from the chair's base (but still stuck in the wheel frame), place the wheel frame on a corner of something sturdy, like two good tables touching or a balcony's corner rails or chest-high concrete. Let gravity do some of the work for you while you hammer on the piston directly, not the base.
@huyuzhong9849 Жыл бұрын
very useful, thanks.
@RICKRUBACK 3 жыл бұрын
very help full. I used a large Channel Lock as my pipe wrench was unavailable. Thanks,
@Bearrden 11 ай бұрын
What a helpful video!
@ANTZPound4Pound 4 жыл бұрын
Best instruction. Short and sweet. And Beautiful!
@MrVave89 3 жыл бұрын
It worked like a charm!! Thank you so much for sharing!! God bless you.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you found this video helpful! It can be tricky! -TK
@sebadger 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video, it only took a couple mins to remove the old one.
@beastman1083 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! MS. TAYLOR!! I FIGURED OUT ONE SECTION BUT NOT THE CHAIR-SEAT. BEING FRUSTRATED I ALMOST DESTOYED IT. NOT ONLY YOU;RE AS BEAUTIFUL FIXER AS BEAUTIFUL LOOKER. (This SUPER SOCKET is aka GATOR SOCKET from the early 1980's. Please...rename old items. It does work, I like it.)
@mattwilson1845 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! The wrench trick worked beautifully!
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! -GK
@Doctor_X 2 жыл бұрын
thank you... i could figure out out do to this without breaking the chair. worked like a charm
@charlesnullens 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, it worked perfectly: placing the wrench at the base of the cylinder is key, which is why I couldn't get it off before watching this video. 👍
@Name-ot3xw Жыл бұрын
This video will help me look like a super smart and capable mechanic tomorrow!
@Solot2008 Жыл бұрын
Great Video illustration but mine was not easy at all! I had to put it on the floor and a few bangs with the16oz rubber did the trick. Thank you very much.
@anands5661 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was easy to remove after seeing the video.
@ThurmanJamison 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your help I needed to remove the whole cylinder. The pipe wrench trick worked.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped -GK
@emidos 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!! I was really struggling to get the cylinder out.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad this video helped! Thanks for watching! -TK
@KumarRabindranath 3 жыл бұрын
So useful tips, thanks a lot for sharing, have a great time ahead.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
So nice of you -GK
@elmo777 5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@razorcam Жыл бұрын
I bought a new frame/mechanism for a nice used but wobbly executive chair. I am guessing the executive was plus sized and spent a lot of time in that chair. Your pipe wrench tip helped, but.... Two hours later after hammering, blow torching, crow barring, and finally cutting away the old frame with an angle grinder, the precious cylinder finally came loose. Scarred for life but still functioning. Now I have a nice leather non-wobbly executive chair. Amazon has the frames, mine is very nice for 16 some dollars.
@genises200 3 жыл бұрын
Taylor YOU ARE A BOSS AND A HERO! had no idea how to remove itb
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! Happy to help! -TK
@Mister_Jab Жыл бұрын
Omg you made it look so simple LOL wrench helped a lot
@santanubarua4166 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the useful video!
@gmtegirl 3 жыл бұрын
This was super helpful. Thanks.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! -GK
@steves235 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This is the only video that was clear to me; and, it works.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad we could help! -GK
@mark-angelofamularcano237 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@abdullahtahan 3 жыл бұрын
Was struggling you saved my day thanks
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad we could help! -GK
@kc6519 3 жыл бұрын
OMG thank u so much! Couldn't take off the dang cylinder.
@DerekFrazier2014 5 ай бұрын
Ty. I was catching hell trying to that damn thing out b👍🏽👍🏽
@narutopcwiz 2 жыл бұрын
the most legit way to do it, thumbs up
@kenguie 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, i have a chair not even 2 months old and the cylinder doesn't work, i just received the replacement and wondered if there was a better way
@ACommenterOnYouTube Жыл бұрын
Amazing how EVERYTHING on KZfaq works with ease. My cylinder on my chair will NOT come off. I took a 10 lb hammer to it and it still wont move. Soaked it with Penetrating Blast over night and still wont budge out.
@btodtv Жыл бұрын
Are you trying to get it out of the 5 star base or the underside of the seat? -RB
@ACommenterOnYouTube Жыл бұрын
@@btodtv 5 star base
@mabdub 3 жыл бұрын
A very informative and no nonsense video. Thank you, now I know how to begin the process of replacing the cylinder.
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! Good luck replacing your cylinder, hopefully your chair will be working better soon! -GK
@mabdub 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, using your method I removed the cylinder without any problem but now I don't know how to measure it properly so I can order one online. I took the black case of mine and just measures the length of the silver cylinder which is about 9 inches long but I couldn't find anything online that matches that. Any suggestions?
@justinatchley3937 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, worked like a charm! :)
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thanks for watching -GK
@GamerRangerX 8 ай бұрын
Beautiful lady you save me lots of money, the bottom of my cylinder was scratching my floor, the base of chair is crack, i was a bout to buy a new gaming chair but i gonna just replace the base thank you a lots,god bless you
@jtmulvaney 3 жыл бұрын
This was great. I had to disassemble my Series 1 in order to re-box and return to Amazon. Fortunately the chair had not been used for more than a couple of days so it was not as tight as it might have been and this tips worked like a charm.
@GrandAThrawn 8 ай бұрын
Makes it look so easy, I'm taking a break from my first unsuccessful try. Darn thing is really in there.
@nathanielvelez1219 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you but what about the replacing part? Is it just everything in reverse with a new cylinder and are they pretty much universal?
@climbhigh96 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I needed; was ready to take a flame torch to this thing 😁
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
No fire needed here! Glad we could help! - TK
@JonahAberle 3 жыл бұрын
I struggled a lot until I got a pipe wrench. Thanks for this video!
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! -GK
@mariokbron 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks your video save me !!
@tanyastinson4633 3 жыл бұрын
NO> I can't get it loose from the chair base!! Nor can my husband. *cries.
@RobDavison 3 жыл бұрын
same
@steves235 3 жыл бұрын
I used a pair of vice grips. Great tool to have around.
@dmeskill2 3 жыл бұрын
SHE LIED!
@stevearcus2963 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure what vitamins she takes but my 18 yr son, my steel vice and I need to take them to remove the shaft from our chair.
@johnc8209 Жыл бұрын
Her struggling make me feel so much better tryna do this cuz I’m doing the same. I wish more how to videos would be someone just gettin the instructions and figuring it out
@justinlutz7561 4 жыл бұрын
Do you know if it's possible to replace the Steelcase Gesture chair cylinder with a Steelcase cylinder/footrest for stools? If so, do you know where to order? I'm trying to upgrade my Gesture to be a bit taller.
@CITADEL_PDX 6 ай бұрын
thanks
@dab4562 3 жыл бұрын
I fixed so many of these but the one I'm trying to fix now is really stuck so I was looking for advanced tricks. UPDATE: I found out Blaster PB works way way way better than WD40. I applied it and came back after 20 minutes and it was just as easy as the video. I had to use that for the base too.
@superlitepilot5506 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you... This helped me out..
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped -GK
@user-dd4bk2tz9v 4 жыл бұрын
will the cylinder damaged if removed using a pipe wrench?
@boydmanuel9257 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like I need a pipe wrench.
@btodtv 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I would recommend a 14" pipe wrench from Home Depot or Harbor Freight -GK
@boydmanuel9257 4 жыл бұрын
BTOD.com Oh. Thank you. Because I was almost got a 10” one.
@boydmanuel9257 4 жыл бұрын
Worked like a charm. Getting the cylinder off of the base was the hard part.
@btodtv 4 жыл бұрын
Hidden In Plain Sight Prop two legs of the five star base on a table like Taylor did and hit down on it hard a couple times with a rubber mallet. Can’t be afraid to take some good shots at it. Watch out for your feet and make sure something is protecting the floor. They almost always pop right out -GK
@Geoscrewed 3 жыл бұрын
Pipe Wrench relevant: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bq51bLKCmazSm4U.htmlm49s
@chunkymunky1030 3 жыл бұрын
SAVED MY FREAKING LIFE.
@takodawhitefeather 3 жыл бұрын
My cylinder keeps dragging the surface and scraping against the slip mat. Is there a way to preserve it and adjust its height? Many thanks in advance!
@pebble8031 8 ай бұрын
I love how you showed the struggle, i was so dejected watching all these KZfaq tutorials do it with ease, while mine is just "nope, not budging an inch"
@cdeford2 8 ай бұрын
That's because the demos are made to look easy on purpose. I've never done one of these without hours of struggle. They do come loose eventually but it's long past time someone invented a better mechanism.
@tonyturner7007 3 ай бұрын
I'm a healthy enough chap with reasonable strength. I chose to watch this video first, hoping that, and I don't mean to be condescending, if she can do it I can ( I've already been bashing the thing without result). Big mistake, I tried to get the top part of my hitting it, I did not try the pipe wrench idea - now back to the workshop with renewed enthusiasm. It's great to see videos that are not shot in a professional workshop with a well experienced man making the job look easy.
@mc526 9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. It worked. I worked up a little bit of a sweat, but I'm an old lady!
@Mrfixittt Жыл бұрын
You rock it worked like a charm but you need ALOT of muscle to get the piston to break the initial wedge. I'm 6' and 300 lbs so must chairs I'm sitting awkwardly. With extra tall piston off Amazon for 20$ I'm super comfy now
@cameriqueTV 2 жыл бұрын
Are all chairs made this way? I have a Harpers, and there's 4 rivets around the cylinder holding a plate. The whole base is riveted together.
@danielpunton5943 3 жыл бұрын
I think they use demo chairs that have been sat on for short periods over years. Any chair thats had 5 years or more (or less) daily use requires a pipe wrench and mallet just to get off the chair seat and a big hammer to to punch the strut out of the feet assembly. Twice the gas strut has only come out when destroyed (in pieces). Same methods as hers and yes you need to lubricate both connectors (to seat and to feet) overnight but you still will need a lot of elbow juice and likely both a mallet and a hammer . (a mallet can of course be a hammer with a rag wrapped a good few times around the head)
@mfridmanyt 2 жыл бұрын
A penetrating oil like Liquid Wrench helps alot on removing the cylinder from the seat side. I also had to hit my wrench with a mallet.
@joshuacharlesdaweactor4300 Жыл бұрын
Hi guys. I have an eames office chair that is stuck in recline. Got any videos on how to fix this?
@user-bb7iq1xo1o 3 жыл бұрын
my chair is sometimes sinking. will this be fix for it? i mean i can buy new hydraulic system/cylinder and just replace it but is it the right fix for my problem or what is causing my chair to sink. i have pretty expensive chair, probablly out of warranty so i would be over the moon if i can fix it with just replacing some parts
@feliciaorange1682 3 жыл бұрын
I need help big time.... My cylinder in my office chair has pushed through to where it's dragging the floor and causing damage to my floors/carpet. It happened once hubby moved the chair upstairs and he started to use it. Chair model is 28570R-US. I've had this chair about 3 years. I need to know what to do to fix the cylinder and if I need to replace it, where do I get the part from and how to install it? Help me please. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
@aznnp77 5 ай бұрын
Thanks, there's really no way to put a rag to protect the old one though. Mine was perfectly fine, and a relatively new chair. I just wanted it to be counter height. I tried the rag, and it just made the thing spin, so I put the jaws on the piston and made some marks but it came off relatively clean.
@royalzip3075 3 жыл бұрын
Yezzz thank you. Didn't know it was this easy. My chair keeps going down on its own so I replaced the cylinder with one from a spare office chair
@btodtv 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad you found this video helpful! -TK
@michaelebrownjr 3 жыл бұрын
SUPER helpful and easy to follow video. Thank you.
@nicholasmrobinson Жыл бұрын
I want to know if I can buy the chair that I want, which has no wheels, and then buy another cheap swivel chair with wheels and swap the bases. If the gas cylinders area standard guage then I should be able to do this right?
@Dominate955 4 жыл бұрын
I only wanted to get the cylinder off at the base using a wrench with teeth from my local B&Q store worked in 2 seconds. Thanks for the tutorial!
@btodtv 4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped -GK
@tallsz559 2 жыл бұрын
I thought you said “a wrench with my teeth” 😂
@UchennaNgwe 2 жыл бұрын
@@tallsz559 Same! 😁
@craiglizt8074 10 ай бұрын
The piston on my chair was ULTRA stubborn. I had to put it in a vice to do all of this stuff. Finally did it though.
@GENOSANDIEGO 3 жыл бұрын
Do I really need to detach the mechanism from the cylinder if all I want to replace is the chair base?
@andrewarul7951 3 жыл бұрын
Usefull video. Nice
@michaelwalker3920 10 ай бұрын
The trick I found was when you first put the cylinder in the chair for the first time put a little “never-seize” paste on before hand. Slight turn with the pipe wrench and out it came.
@lcrouch67 Жыл бұрын
I used a claw hammer to tap the cylinder out of the base, a rubber mallet did not work. It loosened with one tap. I had a small pipe wrench to remove the cylinder from the seat but it did not have enough leverage. A couple of taps on the pipe wrench with the claw hammer and out it came.
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