I started posting videos just because I could. Now I'm in a place where I dreamed to, but never knew if I could afford it. I'm thinking of sharing what I've done to get where I am.
Richer people than I, always told me that money is not important, that you can achieve your goals no matter of your background.
I'm a guy from a poor family background and despite all the obstacles, I managed to find a financial way of following my dream. Currently I live on a big property in the Carpathian mountains, which I still can't believe I managed to find and afford.
Tried and failed for me. Mine has 0 up though. It is completely down always. Tried inverting, oiled and jerked the shaft in and out of the cylinder like a sexed up girl, but still sinks. ;(
It helped a little bit with my chair. My chair drops when I sit on it but doesn't really sink much after I'm sitting on it. Adding some cheap grease I got from china a while back seemed to help it keep it's height better and is much more springy.
Thanks, this TOTALLY fixed my chair, which is less than two years old. I was very disappointed to have bought this chair, for it to begin to fail like this so soon. I tossed my last chair for this very reason, and now know that i could have possibly fixed the problem as simple as this. * * * * * * I am adding this post script three weeks later. My chair began to drop last night in little bumps at a time until it was all the way down in about one minute. I am going to repeat the oiling process once again, but this time I’m not going to use WD40, but a light machine oil. I’ll post my results later.
It works by filling in air gaps that are made from the original oil wearing out and it will only work if the inner seals are broken, if the outer seals broken you need a new cylinder as the gas escapes.. works best if you remove the whole cylinder and fill both ends moving the cylinder in and out
Held my can firm and gave my oil a good shake, lubed my shaft all over and sinking cylinder dysfunction sydrome is a thing of the past for me. Just a shame i was all done in a couple of mins 😂
I used sewing machine oil on my chair's sinking piston. It dropped the first couple times after the lubing. I repeated oiling once a day for two more days, ran the piston through its full stroke a few times, each time. Now weeks later it seems to stay working with no more maintenance required. Excellent!
@@DrunkBrainAllTheWay FYI, my chair used to have some "give" when I first sit on it, now, it's got a really smooth "bounce" to it. This should probably be an occasional maintenance thing to do, even if the piston hasn't "failed". It was a helpful hack. Thanks for posting. 👍
!! PROBLEM FIX !! Ig you remove the clip from the bottom of the cylinder and pull it out you can check if the rubber gasket (O-Ring) is broken :) The ballbearing and rubber gasket was broken on my chair and the crack in the gasket was letting the air out the bottom of the cylinder.
@@DrunkBrainAllTheWay You're welcome :) Had zip ties on my chair for over a year and have tried to find a real fix many times. If you take the cylinder out you should make sure to check that there are no parts left at the bottom. And please tell me if this fix works for you :)
I had just gotten a PVC pipe an hour before seeing this video. I youtubed that PVC pipe video again for the instructions and while looking for it I chanced upon this and saw the WD40 in the thumbnail. I read the positive feedback in the comments and was convinced to try this out first since I had a can and the tools needed atm. I do not understand the science of using something greasy to fix something that is slipping but lo and behold, it mvtherfcvking works!
" I do not understand the science of using something greasy to fix something that is slipping but lo and behold, it mvtherfcvking works!" I'm totally with you!! LOL! I just lubricated the chair, turned it upside down and tomorrow I'll put it back together and see if it works. Fingers crossed!
You MUST of learned this from USAF basic training! This is some pro level life hacking. TYVM worked like a charm with some 3-1 in the hole and packing with Petroleum Jelly. THANKS!
I have watched several other RU-vid videos on this subject and considered several options. I finally settled on the cheapest; a radiator clamp around the piston with duct tape protecting the piston, which made the chair non-adjustable, but worked. Then I came across your video and tried your method (I have some WD-40 silicone spray that I use for lubricating window channels in my car), and behold it worked just great. Thank you.
For some reason this seem to have fixed my issue as well. Already bought a new gas cylinder but can’t remove the old one so I tried looking up for some other fix. Could’ve saved a few money if I only saw this video before buying the replacement cylinder.
Fantastic! My chair would randomly drop in small but startling increments. I was ready to go get another gas piston when I found this video. I used 3-in-1 oil, and it took about 10 minutes to complete the job. So far it looks like the issue is fixed - my chair hasn't dropped at all since. Thanks a bunch!
@@wab_ it kept sinking. I'd get it to work for a few hours or a day at most and it would sink again. I'm a large man, so it was expected. But for a lighter built person I'm sure it would hold much, much longer.
@@brettkepler7375 I thought the same when I was heavy myself. But even after I lost a lot of weight, it keeps sinking.. so it is probably not a weight issue.
@@DrunkBrainAllTheWay Ahhh, I get it now. I covered the metal rod with thick grease like you suggested and it worked perfectly, thank you for ending this frustration. 🤣
Ok... I followed other guides using ductape and hose clamps and I'm pretty angry that the wd 40 solution wasnt one of the top like 10 videos. Thanks alot for making this. I used Vaseline on mine which is probably not better than WD 40 but this actually worked. I do not understand the science behind it though. Thanks a lot man.
Me neither....I was surprised that it worked. Based on talking with people here in comments, we concluded that the grease/wd-40 probably seals the piston.
Some guy said to just turn the chair upside down ver night in the DOWN position. In the A.M. before Turing the chair over extend the the chair a few times.This should make the oil in there work again. In another hr. turn the chair back over after leaving it in the upside down position with it back DOWN again. in an hr. move the seat to the most up position & then turn it over & see if it stops falling down
I'm not the best camera guy, but I was also very surprised it worked :))) And now I'm happy it works for so many people :D frustrating thing with that sinking indeed.
Maan I was so skeptical about this, but I had to try it because I spent $400 on a computer massage chair, and after 3 months mines started to sink, and I'm a very slim person so its not even about weight. I followed your instructions, but i used the 3 in 1 oil, and I can't believe it worked...OMG thank u so much. I would have thought that grease would have made it go done even faster instead of staying up lol
Here to report an update: Been sitting in my chair all night and it hasn’t gone down once. I highly recommend this method (or even my tweak above). Thanks!
Hi! I sold it almost a year ago. I think the owner is trying to sell it because I saw it on mobile.de. He wasn't very sure what he is going to do with it.
My chair also got fixed with this method. To my surprise, the chair sank exactly as shown in the video 2 times post fixing, but after that its stable now :) Thank you..
Or you can do this for free if you already have WD40, which I did and it worked for me. Don't be an asshole about the youtuber's appearance, has nothing to do with the video.
