If the lift mechanism in your office chair needs repair but the upholstery portion is still in good shape, don’t toss the chair. You can replace the gas cylinder yourself for about $40 (one source for office chair Rebuilding the lift mechanism is aFirst you have to disassemble the lift mechanism so you can measure the size of the gas cylinder and order the new part. You’ll need a needlenose pliers, a pipe wrench with a long handle, and a helper. about a half hour. Then you just reassemble when the part arrives. takes 15 minutes, and you can do it Start the repair by flipping it upside down on your workbench. the spring retaining clip on the bottom of the pedestal (Photo 1). entire pedestal and column off the chair. Lift off the bearing, washers and rubber bumper and keep the parts together forRemove the telescoping trim bezel Then grab your pipe wrench and helper and remove the cylinder (Photo 3).
If it won’t budge, soak it with rust penetrant and tap with a hammer to setThen try the wrench Measure the length of the gas cylinder from the bottom of the taper to the top. Don’t include the piston rod in the measurement. Then measure the cylinder width at the widest part. replacement from an office chair repair parts Web site. To reassemble, just push the tapered end of the cylinder into the chair seat and install the telescoping trim bezel. bearing with grease and install it back on the piston rod with the original washers. Next, slide the pedestal base and column over the rod and secure the piston rod with the washer and spring clip. the job by turning the chair right side up and bouncing on it a few times. weight will drive the tapered gas cylinder into the seat retainer. Then raise the lift mechanism to the proper height and get Online sources for parts:Diy Office IdeasOffice Decorating IdeasProjects OfficeOffice Ideas For Work CubicleUgly OfficeWork OfficeOffice SpaceWork SpaceRedo OfficeForwardHow to recover your office chair with no sewing.
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MSRP for this chair: $625.49 I cannot afford to take it to get fixed, and I don't have tools to take the legs off and clean them. Is there a solution for my problem? Turn the chair upside down on a desk or on the floor. Use small scrub or tooth brush or mascara brush/wand, and clean the caster with soap water or alcohol. This will remove dusts and keep only hairs and threads that got tangled. Remove the visible hairs using butter knife on the crevice of the caster on both sides. Kitchen Tweezers are very helpful here. Use nail clipper/cutter's bottle opener. It will have pointed curve. Insert it into the fissure, Catch the hairs and pluck off the hairs. Keep revolving & rotating the caster strategically by other hand while doing this and this will help the tool to catch more hairs. Simply cut a section of duct tape and then stick around the cover and pluck off. You can also cut a section of duct tape and fold it back around your razor knife so that it will be like a closed loop ready to stick, then insert it under the wheel cover and pluck off.
Reason why Razor knife is because they are very thin. Do not use sharp knives including razor knife. It will cut the hairs and make it difficult. But if the hairs are very stubborn and likely to tangled like a closed loop, cut the hairs with small manicure scissors or razor blade to break the closed loop. If you are not satisfied after trying the mentioned workarounds, then I would recommend you to get a screw driver and remove the caster from the chair, then wash on the soap water and apply lubricants. The example sample images are taken from Google search I think my answer will come as a surprise to most people, since I did not see it online during my repair attempts. The wheels or rollers used by common office chairs are universal. They're called "casters" and you can buy a set of five on eBay for around $8, including shipping. Because the other methods can take hours, replacing them is cost effective for anyone making even minimum wage. Unfortunately, while you can remove them, there does not seem to be a simple way to disassemble the casters themselves for repair, since the most popular YouTube method for doing so involved complicated drill holes and other carpentry.
I found both the knife and the conventional lighter methods to be ineffective. I did not try the Iroda torch pictured in another comment ($60). I declined to try either of the high-concentration hydrogen peroxide or drain cleaner methods proposed online. I had the idea to try a Dremel tool with a flat attachment ($80), but again that is price prohibitive if you do not already own one, and may not even work. If you don't mind the smell, use one of those: Although being plastic, the material of the rolls is quite thick, and thus doesn't heat up so quickly (Just like the "trick" where you can hold your hand into a candle for a fraction of a second). Just briefly (a second or two) hold the flame inside the wheel and watch the hairs go up in smoke. They burn nicely but smell awfully. Unless you have really lots of dense greasy hair in there, the burning will not harm the rolls. For added safety, have it burn only for a second or two on its own and then blow it of. Scrape of the brittle remainders with whatever you have available ( I used a screwdriver ).