HOW TO REMOVE GAS CYLINDER LIFT AND WHEEL BASE FROM OFFICE CHAIR

HOW TO REMOVE GAS CYLINDER LIFT AND WHEEL BASE FROM OFFICE CHAIR

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1:00 This is all I needed. I just wanted to swap the set of wheels with another chair and was scared of that pin. Thank you thank you thank you!

(Wasted an hour of hammering and wrench twisting for a small little pin. Beautiful.)

[watchlearnmore]

I tried other instructions on how to separate the wheelbase and the cylinder, but it wouldn't budge. I found your video and your tip about popping the clip on the bottom of the cylinder was the missing piece of the puzzle for my Dormeo Bristol Octaspring chair. I followed the same steps on the new cylinder and was finally able to successfully remove the old one and install the new one. Thanks so much!

[NGT_C]

Many Thanks for the clear instructions without any beating about the bush - greatly appreciated.

[stevenowens]

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.

[whisky]

This is the exact chair I needed to do this on lol. Amazon returns should forward this video to people and pay you for it.

[resilientrontu]

I bought a chair from amazon and couldn't separate it to fix it and your video helped a lot. We also used a little bit of oil inside and it worked perfectly. Thank you for the amazing video.

[mightymag]

great instructions, after buying a new gaming chair that is far too low, and ordered a new gas lift this was great instructions

[ilinpang]

Thank you so much. What an extremely helpful video. It worked just as in your demostration. Life saver!!

[weniweedeewiki.]

You know how long i have been waiting to find a video that explains this to me a star thankyou.

[xetaprime]

Glad to see it done without a pipe wrench. But why put it back together if it's going to be replaced?

[Alskasaur]

Thank you so much! Had to send a chair back after putting it together and the base wouldn’t fit back in the box but I couldn’t get it apart!

[bladegomez]

Thank you😭😭😭 The wheelbase removal part saved me😭😭😭

[pawandeep]

This helped my put the hydraulic cylinder back in place!
Thanks a ton!

[SerRageALot]

No matter what I did hitting it or trying to get a wrench to do it the gas cylinder would not budge whatsoever but thank you the video was helpful for everything else though

[grimos]

thanks for the video. i was having a hard time to remove and replace the cylinder ffs but thank you again.

[timchrstoffer]

This was just what I was after! Thank you!

[industrialgearheads]

Thank you for the video and explanation. This helped a lot.

[rem]

would a rubber mallet work instead of a hammer?

[tylertr]

By heat do you mean from a hair dryer?

[thereyougosir]

You saved me! You're amazing 😊Thank you very much 🎉