ok but what if I don't have a fuckin huge ass spanner thing
@CA_AZ4 ай бұрын
Go get one, buddy It's not a spanner . It's a pipe wrench They even make strong plastic pipe wrenches ...if you don't wanna be using a full iron pipe wrench 🔧
@turbobrian3 ай бұрын
2 ideas to add to this. Before using pipe wrench to turn the cylinder, put protective cloth there. The pipe wrench will still be able to bite hard enough to turn the cylinder, but you wont score the hydraulic piston that in turn will penetrate the seal if lowered enough. Second, you can use the hammer on the plastic roller star of the chair while it's all together to get the rollers off, that way your not hitting the pressurised cylinder, so you have less chance to damage the cylinder. Once the star with rollers is removed, then flip the chair and use the pipe wrench to remove the cylinder. Less chance of overall damaging anything.
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
Good ideas thank you!
@perfectlyimperfectitsmeL7 ай бұрын
Worked GREAT! Thank you!!
@CrandallOfficeFurniture7 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@liquidsnake68799 ай бұрын
I've never had one that was this easy, lol all of mine get stuck and no matter how much you hammer it or try to twist it, they do not come off from the swivel and don't budge.
@CrandallOfficeFurniture9 ай бұрын
They definitely can be more difficult then others.
@sal_strazzullo5 ай бұрын
Oh true I forgot we all have a pipe wrench at home
@sal_strazzullo5 ай бұрын
Update: I had to buy a pipe wrench eventually, and it worked so I'm happy 😊
@gregsmith_za4 ай бұрын
@@sal_strazzullo AAAAND you have a new tool for the collection that can be used for your next DIY job!
@richardrougeaux204823 күн бұрын
Right to the point and it works every time. Thank you.
@CrandallOfficeFurniture22 күн бұрын
Glad it helped
@jayg40Ай бұрын
The pipe wrench did the trick, Thanks for the tip.
@CrandallOfficeFurniture22 күн бұрын
Glad to help!
@misinec6 ай бұрын
Great tutorial. You helped us enourmously today.❤
@CrandallOfficeFurniture6 ай бұрын
I'm so glad!
@RWZiggy7 ай бұрын
thanks, replacement cylinder coming and I wondered how to do this
@CrandallOfficeFurniture7 ай бұрын
Glad to help!
@jiggybean85143 ай бұрын
Worked like a charm =)
@CrandallOfficeFurniture3 ай бұрын
Glad to hear!
@stevenowens4511Ай бұрын
Hope the following tip is useful to others: Long story short, if the pipe wrench is not budging the old gas piston, get a blow dryer or a heat gun (basically the macho tool version of a blow dryer) and point it as the base of the gas piston (i.e. where it enters the seat) for a good 10-20 minutes. I'm in the middle of doing a gas piston replace on a second chair, and I had hoped it would be easier than the first, but it looks like I'm going to have to pull out the blow dryer again. As other commenters have said, I tried all the obvious tricks. My pipe wrench actually cut GROOVES in the metal of the old gas piston. The blow dryer worked. I'm still not sure why. Obviously metal expands when it heats up, maybe some combination of that expansion breaking the seal, or just forcing the hole to widen, or the heat softening the plastic sleeve it slots into. Any way you slice it, it worked.
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
Great to hear you were able to remove the cylinder effectively!
@Penpaper3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@CrandallOfficeFurniture3 ай бұрын
No problem!
@dickdowell3960Ай бұрын
I used 18inch pipe wrench both ends, and 3lb hammer to no avail. WD40 too. Can't think of anything else.
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
Wow! Try using a cheater bar and maybe have another person help you out. Gravity is also your friend, so maybe have the chair rest so that gravity is pulling down on the chair as well.
@rickmurray145 ай бұрын
Worked perfectly
@CrandallOfficeFurniture5 ай бұрын
Awesome
@gbj1014ify6 ай бұрын
Thanks, it worked.
@CrandallOfficeFurniture6 ай бұрын
Great!
@PaigeSquaredАй бұрын
Thank you Bry. 🙏🏻😂
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
You are welcome!
@jayarajsalla86073 ай бұрын
Thank you medom
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
You are welcome!
@RM-gj8hqАй бұрын
Pipe wrench does NOT work for Winrise WR-999 model chair. Once gas cylinder is attached to seat base bracket, it is permanent. Only total annihilation of the cylinder would get it removed. So, viewers, please note that this cylinder removal tip is only for select types of chairs and not all.
@TheWoWfactor443 ай бұрын
Life saver. So simple, but if you didn't know how...
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
Awesome!
@FunkyBuddha90347 ай бұрын
I was able to twist the top end using the pipe wrench, but the bottom part got stuck in the wheels-frame. Hammering the bottom part didn’t work. I tried the pipe wrench on the bottom part as well but didn’t work. It just ruined the pipe. I’m stuck. Please help!
@CrandallOfficeFurniture7 ай бұрын
Please send a video of what is going on to Contact@crandalloffice.com and we will be able to help you faster with a solution.
@silvix31376 ай бұрын
it wouldnt come off for me, the wrench was shaving the cylinder no matter how hard i tried to squeeze it. Had to cut the base with a grinder to take the cylinder out
@CrandallOfficeFurniture6 ай бұрын
oh wow!
@CA_AZ4 ай бұрын
" Hooold An to the base." lmao
@CrandallOfficeFurniture4 ай бұрын
lol
@CA_AZ4 ай бұрын
@CrandallOfficeFurniture that wasn't meant in a foul way ! I'm used to teasing my sister in law she's from the midwest (: 🤷 Video was straight forward and to the point ! Great job ! 👏
@CrandallOfficeFurniture3 ай бұрын
No worries we didn't take it that way!
@jackboxer75377 ай бұрын
Kudos for starring a woman in this tutorial! It shows that you don't have to be a big strong handyman to get it done!
@CrandallOfficeFurniture7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@lasu77128 ай бұрын
Does it work to "any" office chair? Anyone else have tried it?
@CrandallOfficeFurnitureАй бұрын
Should work more most. Some office chairs have a cable that attaches to the cylinder that make it more difficult to remove.
@RM-gj8hqАй бұрын
Does NOT work for any office chair. Winrise WR-999 is an example of this. Cylinder, once attached, is meant to stay that way. Dumb, but true.