Here is a follow up video, showing what happens if you use WD-40 & if you happen to have an easy to remove piston: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdZkrNl8mtaRgnk.html Not everyone will have this experience, your chair might still be super stubborn even with WD-40!

Use WD40 or analogue before, on both places, leave overnight. 5 strikes with strength, no need for berserk rage, that all what it takes afterwards for each side. I've read down 100 comments and no one mentioned it. So please get this one to the moon.

Spent an hour on mine, wasn't aware you need Thor's hammer to take the damn thing apart.

$25 for the gas lift instead of $300 for a new chair. Replaced my 5 year old gas lift on this DX Racer chair, and what a difference. Sincere thanks from a guy on a budget. I didn't have vise grips, but a large wrench works just fine.

Finally a tutorial which is not scripted. I thought i were doing something wrong clapping my chair lots of times until the gas lift cylinder fell off... Nice work there

Dude, thank you for showing your struggle. All the other vids I saw their shit just popped right off like it was nothing. Thanks to you, I was able to get my cylinder off.

Removing the cylinder from the base is very difficult. I had to release the clip on the bottom of the cylinder to release it from the mechanism and then I placed the base upside down in between 2 metal chairs and gave at her with a 15lb dumbell and a folded towel. Made some nice cookie shapes out of the towel but about 10-20 good, hard wacks later, it finally came loose.

Omg Dude, I just saw your video and you helped SO much. For weeks I have been periodically trying to get it off with a mallet because other videos told me to use that instead of a hammer and it never budged. Switching to a hammer, it came off in SECONDS. Also bought a new cylinder off of Amazon that lifts way higher and is able to carry more weight. Never been happier!

Hey just wanted to drop you a note thanking you for the video. Just replaced my piece of crap gas cylinder and am nice and comfy again and not constantly lifting my arm leading to shoulder discomfort.

Nice Video. Thank you for the recommendation my friend. I've also bought this MasteryMart gas lift cylinder from Amazon a year ago, for both my Dxracer and Turcotte chair. Well, I was glad that I didn't have to throw away my expensive chair. They are good quality and easy to install. The only difficulty was taking the old cylinder off the chair, I used a pipe wrench to remove the old ones instead of using a hammer (afraid to damage my chair base XD). Overall the cylinder perform excellent so far, quiet and smooth. Cheers.

I just replaced the gas lift on my DxRacer Tank. I got it free on warranty because I noticed it after just a year, but I kept the old one on until it broke completely, which was today, some three years later. Your guide was super helpful and I got it off without demounting the bracket.

This video really helped me out. I justed switched one of my chairs gas lift to my broken one on my gaming chair and it worked like a charm. Thanks man this was super helpful.

A rubber mallet is really helpful. Also, go to a auto or hardware store and get some PB Blaster. Spray it around the base on each end and give it a few minutes to penetrate; comes out so much easier. Really helpful video though. DXRacer has clearly never taken apart one of their own chairs because it is not a few taps and you're good to go.

just had occassion to replace the gas lift on my Noble Hero, this was the first vid that popped up in my search, helped a lot, as did the comments, cheers fella

Thanks man, rotating the chair legs while hitting them 2-4 times each helped me finally removing the shitty "steel" "150kg" base that broke within less than 4 years while being used by 80-98 kg myself.

Here's a tip for those that are having a really hard time removing the piston from the chair: ice packs. Specifically, you need an ice pack that can be wrapped around an object. These can be found at most Pharmacy stores like Rite Aid, Walmart, CVS, etc. For the bottom where the wheel base is, wrap the ice pack above the wheelbase. A couple whacks later with a rubber mallet (from the bottom of the piston) and it should pop right out. Then wrap the same ice pack (or another if the first one isn't cold enough) to the top of the piston (make sure the piston is fully extended for the best effect). Give it about 30 seconds, then start whacking on the baseplate of the chair and it should pop right out (make sure you're pulling on the piston while whacking. The reason behind this is simple: thermodynamics. By cooling the metal of the cylinder base and the top of the piston it causes the metal to shrink just enough to break the compression seal that is caused simply by sitting on the chair. Hopefully this tip will help others do this kind of repair. It also causes less damage to not only the piston (if you plan on keeping it) and the chair itself since you're not whacking it too many times.

Just used this to do my Brazen shadow pro gaming chair almost exactly the same underneath, worked perfectly as shown, cheers

Thanks! I couldn't hit mine from the end and other methods (twisting etc) weren't working for me but holding the old cylinder with the vice grips and tapping did the trick!

Hi there, thank you so very much for the help video, I'm moving out to a new family home and my gaming chair is no longer holding up any more. Thanks to your video now I know what to do and how to get a replacement cylinder. Thank you so very much, also I'm new here to your Channel. 😊 😊

we needed to do it too. And most videos, especially those from DXRacer themselves, is just some light tapping with a hammer to get it apart because nobody sat on these ever. Thanks for showing how much force it actually takes to take this piece of shit apart. We managed to finally get my husband back up so he can see his monitors xD

Thank you thank you thank you you have just save me a 45 minute drive to Walmart that you just showed me to do by myself in two seconds truly appreciate it.

Honestly , all others videos i see make it look easy to take out the first part , and me been convinced decided to use a hard wood to hit that of my DXracer king series which i have used for more than 4 years and i got the shock of my life , the top came out easy but then the cylinder and the leg with rollers was another story , and i realized i was in for a big fight , believe me i had to buy a hammer by force , so for anyone thinking of doing this be ready for the hammering , it is not easy as it looks , what surprised me the most if how something with no screw or glue was so tight and hard to come apart , nevertheless thanks for the video , it helped alot ..Merci

Thank you. I had to remove my mechanism and wasn't sure if it screws off or if it just needed me to rage it off :) I gave mine a few solid taps and then gripped it with a water pump pliers and twisted it out, rather easily.

Thank you very much, after struggling and using other videos I wasn’t successful. Yours is the most realistic and finally managed to change mine!

Did the new cylinder have goo on it? Or is mine messed up and I need to send it back???

Thanks for the short video! You saved me who know how much time dealing with a manufacturer/reseller. My brand was a generic gaming chair; it still worked just like you showed... (Note: As they say in the Army, If the hammer you got doesn't work, "get a bigger hammer!")

Thank you for this. I actually had to replace the tension dial plate but this had to be moved from the old to the new and this videon helped immensely.

Thanks bro just changed mine. If it dies within 2 years of buying, DX racer ( i think it was two years) will send you a spare like they did with mine. earplugs came in handy

Thanks for the video, had to do the same for my noblechairs, I replaced both cylinder and rock mechanism due to a defect.

Thank you, worked for my dxracer fanatic edition, been struggling for years now

Thanks a lot man took me 20mins with this video no more sore back and legs for me

I just wanna say a big thanks for this video. I tried for several days to get that effing gas spring out, had it in a vice, biggest pliers and vice grips i had, no good. Picked it up by the spring and tapped the metal surround with a hammer like you did, not 30 seconds later it all came apart. Now I was far too impatient to look for my rubber mallet and now my chair has a few dings, but who cares, can't see them unless you turn the chair upside down. So, if you can't get the gas spring out, do what this guy did and it will come apart.

Great video, thanks for showing this. The tutorial video dxracer does is so far from the real thing. You can see they are just tapping at one that is lightly put together. I realy had to hammer away on my dxracer king series. Just like you did in the video.

So if I removed the clip and the legs came off but the lift is still on the bracket I did it wrong? Seems to be stuck now, think I should screw the 4 screws back to the chair and hammer.

Thanks a lot, i was short before a crysis with my arozzi chair. Thanks for the tipp with hammering around the holding ring.

I just got my chair and lifted it up but it didn’t go back down so idk if I should try this

Thanks man!! was really helpful, followed you step by step ( but tbh i sparyed WD-40 like half an hour before reinstalling cylinder) and successfully replaced the cylinder

Does this hydraulic cylinder have more range than the default one? I find my chair too low.

have any chance to get this in amazon EU? my dxracer broken yesterday (model DXRacer K-Series OH/KS06/N)

still useful for other models of these chairs. what helped me out is to listen to the sound he makes with his hammer. try to match that frequency with yours and it'll be out in no time. also some hype music helped me out

Thanks for the help, grabbed a clearance chair that came with the cylinder split in two halves.

Thanx! Been trying so many times...! NOW, I did it! :D

Hello and thank you for the video Tutorial. I also want to change the height of my dxracer with a new gas lift cylinder but dxracer support for germany told me that this is not possible. Pls can you tell me what was the height of you chair with the original gas lift cylinder and how much height did you get with the new cylinder? Thank you very much

Soooo.... how long did it take you to hammer out the cylinder. I’ve been doing this for a bit, and I can’t say I’ve made progress...

Thank you for the help, managed to mend my expensive chair 👌🏻

Does this fix it if my height lifter don’t work like its all wobbly and don’t lift

tq so much. my chair not dxracer brand but still have same gas lift. so ez to uninstall this thing after watch ur video

My new cylinder has just arrived and here I am watching your helpful video. One problem ... my chair is now behaving and the old cylinder is not going down, Uh? Oh well, It'll be here when it does finally go..👍

Had same problem with my Corsair gaming chair. Original gas lift lasted just over a year. Also had to replace all the wheels as ball bearings ended up all over the floor.

Thanks man. This was the only tutorial that helped me out.

Great job. Thank you for the time and effort you took to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.

Thank you very much for this video, it was immensely helpful in replacing my own cylinder!

Thabk you so much u saved me a hole day wondering how to disasseble it cuz i was doing it but u sad do it hard and it came off i luv u deserved like and sub

Does the hydraulic fit the E-win gaming chair

Thanks you saved a lot of bad words 😂😂 This was a BIG help

Wow thanks! The side hammer trick really worked :)

Some idiot put the gas lift in the wrong way with the plastic wrap still on the part going in the hole. Cause it came out of the box like that. Any ideas for fixing this atrocity?

just fix mine bc of this video! thanks a lot 2022 and still good!!! What a good job!

This is the toughest job ever .. I did similiar way like you did at 1am and woke up my dad and he went to my room but he's not mad he's just laugh and ask me just buy another set with wheels and legs ... 😄

I have a cyberpunk secretlab omega chair, could you tell me where I can buy the gas lift? since they do not have it available on their page.

LOL, "That's how they do it in the KZfaq video."

Thanks mate. The vice-grips were clutch.

Where did you hit it while you were holding it??

THANKS, I ALMOST DIE TRYING IT, BUT U SAVED ME

I had to use some WD-40 and spray it between the base and the gas piston just to get it out while hitting it with my mallet just to get the base off. Because my base's lil wheel slot in one of my wheels broke so I had to order a gaming chair base replacement today.The damn thing was stuck in there tg for WD-40!

Does the gas lift run out?

Thanks for the instructions! It worked perfectly on my dx racer

You know what? I am getting gayer each day, I lose almost every little molecule of proteine on this God Damn quarentine, I started removing the F***ing cylinder at 2 O'clock, is 4:35 right now, my hands burns as you can not imagine, I watched about 5 different videos on youtube, at least 5 times each one, nothing worked until I found your video, you are my personal heroe today, I love you, thank God for your soul.

Any idea if you are able to buy a longer gas lift to make a higher chair?

I literally hate KZfaq so many ads

Best replacement video hands down!!!!

That's one thing what one wants a home of one's own for (without family or other's nearby). One can do that shit all day, without anyone being able to complain. Wonderful freedom..

i guess im screwed.. i forgot to remove the safety pin from my gas lift cylinder ... and now my chair doesn't go up...

ive been tapping away on the lift to loose it from the legs... the other part is lose already but for the life of me i cant get it to losen! been using a hammer and hammering away on it and ive been att it for days ;_; IT JUST WONT LOOSEN! driving me insane

I tried banging and forcing my gas lift off for about half an hour until I tried turning the thing on the bottom towards "loose" and it fell out. I dunno if that was just a coincidence or not but god im glad it's finally off.

The cap of my cylinder came out and the chair keeps wobbling and I can’t sit straight because it leans forward a lot, the fact that this has been 3 times to me before is severely annoying i hate the pistons

Hey does this fix the insane cracking noise? I tried Barnacules method of lubrication to the shaft but didn´t do anything to my chair.. still cracks horrible loud sounds when I move the chair..

thanks for the vid , I was having trouble getting cylinder loose from the seat . This helps. I have ordered a new cylinder for my old chair. Not sure if it will solve my problem though as mine was leaning to the right when sitting , but what the heck I will try it.

Awesome to the point video! Thanks man!

This was a great tutorial 😂🙏🏾

Let's just say there's a reason they have disabled comments on their official video on how to do this. The only real way to do it is as you've shown. I absolutely massacred my old lift getting it out of the wheel base.

does all cylinders universal ?

Thanks man, you video helped big time

I have a vertagear with the same issue... Thanks for the video

Hi, I just view the video and I can just only say, thk for the info. I have a problem with my DXRACER chair, concretely with de gas piston, it is losing your functionaly and everyday I see how the chair is decreasing his tall and for more a put in my favorite position I can't do anything. So, I began to looking for imformation about the issues of this kind of chairs, and I find your video, but I have some questions ore problems. 1. I actually live in Spain, so use Canada/USA amazon can't be and option, only if I can't find the piece in European market. 2. My DXRACER Chair is the model, F-Series OH/FL08/N. I see you put a link of, I want to think, one or hundred of models that allready exist, and your choice have a concretly specs. 3. I can’t find the specs of my gas piston and when I search in the European market of Amazon, as you could imagine, I find a lot of options, and noones of them have the same specs that your ellection. 4. Could you recomend one of them that will be funcionly with my chair? Thk and sorry for the long message. JR.

your video really help me out bro thanks a lot

I just used a rubber mallet and it got the job done in a few swings

Can I use any cylinder from any office chair or I have to buy a specific one?

Hell yeah thank you dude!! I think my air pump is to big cause I can’t go up and down but I don’t care I’m a console gamer so I don’t really need the angles.

Hii ! a question bro i realized the seat moves slightly as I lean forward and back is that normal or you think is the gas cylinder worn? i already checked the chair wheels , wheel base , seat , back rest , armrest and everything is working fine.

This will sound random but where did you get your desk from?

My friend bought me a chair. My feet dont touch the ground when i sit so i have to return. Thing is i cant remove cylinder. I cant damage it. What will i do??

How do I know what type of one to buy for my gtracing gaming chair?

Why does dxracer not fix this, it looks like only dxracer chairs have this problem (my dxracer sinks too) 😑

I got a new gas Lift and it arrived like your old one (the stem is taller than your new one) is it faulty? or can I just put it on my chair?

That dusting off part shoulda been done long time ago. We got the same chair but mines came with two cushion pillows. I would say to honest bang that old one out from the bottom of wheels which makes it more easier for you since you ain't gonna need old one any longer.

My DX Racer Drifter Series chair has no issues staying up at it's max height. But when I lower it just a tiny tiny bit, lock the handle back in to keep it at that height. It will stay at that height as long as I don't get up off the chair because the moment I get back on it, it sinks all the way down to the bottom. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be normal but I'm assuming that it isn't, how do I get it to stay locked at a specific lower height than the max?

I bought a used DXRacer and it doesn’t even have a gas lift or lift mechanism... does anyone know if I can just use this method to add one!?

Nice vid ;) Took me about 5 min just don't be afraid to hit it really hard the chair can take it ;)

The DXRacer/other brands actually have higher quality gas lifts than most chairs from places like Officeworks (here in Australia) etc. Where most of those fail within a year or so, I had my DXRacers metal frame break before the gas lift, about 5 years. I would order a new gas lift from DXRacer if you can.