I've resorted to using a 10lb weight as my hammer. It's still stuck... I think it's time to go to the garage and play around with an angle grinder for a while.
I saw a video that said to use a rubber mallet and I tore my mallet to shreds. After this video I went out with some WD-40 and took my regular hammer and I got it out in 3 hits. I didn’t use a fraction of the strength I used with the mallet.
Hi, it's me again. A tip your viewers might find useful: I had a devil of a time getting the old gas piston out of the base of the chair. It was an old chair and I was beginning to wonder if the old gas piston was fastened in place somehow (it wasn't). I tried using a pipe wrench as you suggested (for your viewers: pipe wrenches are designed to grip smooth cylinders, like pipes) and a whole lot of leverage, but it ended up only making the pipe wrench gouge a groove in the metal of the old gas cylinder. A machinist friend gave me a tip that was the solution -- point a blow dryer or heat gun at the old gas piston where it enters the chair seat. I let the blow dryer run for about 20 minutes. After that the pipe wrench worked. My guess is that the blow dryer simultaneously heated up the metal of the old gas piston, which made it expand, and also softened the plastic of the socket that it was stuck in, so the expanding metal stretched the socket a bit, and maybe broke whatever effect (pressure seal?) that was making it impossible to remove. Thanks again for your useful video!
I DID IT !!!! Followed his video for using the pipe wrench. I squirted wd-40 on both spots nite before. then took the base off to get more leverage. squirted a bit more wd-40 on & after 30 min of working it > push / pull > hammered it more wd-40 it came off ! Keep in mind this chair is pushing 12 years old or better. hammered the base piece & on 4th hit it popped out. The video is awesome. When I called to order > Don was the person that answered ! Great video. Easy to follow instructions. 😀👍 TYVM Don !!
"The collar is not part of the gas cylinder" - I was hitting mine for a good 20 min then took the plastic guard off and realized it was welded lol. Thanks for the video.
Hey I just completed the repair method using the 1" large dowel and it seems to work! Thanks for your help! To get a true small hole I set a (maybe 2 feet square ) piece of plywood on all four legs (with base upside down )to make a false 'floor' upon which I could rest a drill guide that can drill a true perpendicular hole (the one you warned about). This guide method seems to work pretty well. Great guide!
Excellent video. I just inherited a vintage bankers chair just like the one in your video except the center post is a slide type not threaded. I need to replace the casters and the thrust bearing. You covered everything I need to do to put this chair back into tip top shape. Thank you so much.
My chair has a built-in column I'm replacing the gas cylinder of my chair for the first and I'm wondering if it's safe to remove the column of a brand new gas cylinder for it to fit in my chair's built-in column.
I have a need to replace just the ring on my recliner/swivel/rocker/glider. The ring on my chair is 24 inches but I need to go down to 22 inches and I see you sell one. My question is, are the predrilled holes in this hardware standard in distance and position? Or in other words, do you think I'll be able to swap these out without any problem?
Hi Don, I really hope your doing well in life my friend good man....thank you so much to show how to measure a cylinder chum! YOur a good man! I hope they solved the mysterious death of Julie Mitchell! So when I order the cylinder it looks like I'm getting the column? I'll just hammer out the column from the base obviously and use the new one!
I have a small desk and chair in the living room I personally find it stunning to have a beautiful upholstered chair as the computer chair. My only issue is that as it is an accent chair I continue to have to stand up, grab it, and turn the chair around. This is not a big deal but there were times I thought of purchasing a swivel chair until I saw the price and that idea quickly faded. However, I think THIS may have solved my problem and I will definitely get to work on this because, "it's no big deal". Thank you for the quick and easy tutorial and saving me from an impulsive purchase that would have soon turned to remorse.
This is legit my FAVORITE You Tube video I have EVER watched! I felt as though my pops was back on this earth instructing me. Thank you and I just love you!
Sir I'm from India and I work in furniture manufacturer company we made a swivel chair but the chair shook lot after fitting please help me to get rid of this problem.
Thank you, this was very helpful. I just watched a half dozen videos on how to replace the gas cylinder on an office chair and *none* of them mentioned the length issue. I measured mine and it's 8 1/2" exposed surface, so I assume I should order a 9 1/2" or as close as I can get. Your site lists a 9" cylinder and a 9 3/4" cylinder. If the exact length is not available, Is it preferred to get a slightly shorter or slightly longer cylinder?
If the noise is coming from the mechanism, it's probably because metal is rubbing against metal. That means the mechanism metal is worn out (away). And you can't replace missing metal. Lubricants are only temporary fixes. Don SCP
I'm missing something about this video. I have a chair with a mechanism exactly like the one in this video. Tightening the screw in the bell locks the bell to the upper lip on the hub and would prevent the bell from rotating with respect to the hub but the threaded post is not locked and can still rotate within the lower assembly and ends up lowering the chair over time. How do I fix this? There is a thrust washer present with tab in the post slot. There is a hub liner. Many thanks for any suggestions.
Tightening should not lock the bell. Loosen it up slightly. The chair lowers and raises because the THRUST WASHER tab is broken, missing or not engaging. The tab should lock into the post.
@@swivelchairparts So if I understand correctly, the screw is just used to connect the chair to its base. It should just engage the upper lip of the hub in order to keep the chair together. The thrust washer on my chair is there, not broken, engaged in the slot. The tab is locked in the post. I'll try loosening the screw in the bell and see if that helps. Many thanks.
