I like to express my gratitude and give a shout out for this excellent tutorial for the repair of the broken bolt on the arm rest assembly for my Aeron chair. I live in New Zealand and took the broken arm assembly into the local rep of Herman Miller and was told the ONLY solution was to buy an entirely new arm rest assembly for $210 and wait at least two months for it to arrive by container ship! After ordering the requisite bolt that was clearly specified in the video, I followed the step-by-step procedures and in 30 minutes had 'er done and working perfectly. Thanks VERY much!! Highly recommended tutorial!!
This video saved me potentially hundreds of dollars and a week or two's time to ship my chair out and back for a warranty repair. With this, I was able to fix it myself in 20 minutes for less than $4. Thanks so much!
Rob, you just saved me a quoted £65 (-£4 for the bolt)! Incredible job with the video, so easy to follow and a real service to everyone with an Aeron chair. Just wanted to say thanks and enjoy a coffee/pint on me!
Curious! which bit did you struggle with. Some bits may have been sped up via timelapse, but it's all genuine effort. The only bit that I found tricky was loosening the original nut if I recall correctly, and then it gave way...
@@RobTheFrugalist pretty much most of it.... ahhh, really its not your fault, im just not the most mechanically-inclined person. but I cannot seem to be able to use these plastic tighten/loosen wheels to be able to move the arms now, as if I fiddle with them then the bolt actually starts loosening out. so i just put them where I want now, and tightened everything and just wont fool with them. thanks again.
@bobyrd74 hmmm check if you have them on in the right order. Have a look at the left handle as a model. It might be that you have some or one of the bits around the wrong way...
Great job on the video, fixed my chair for $2.75 ! BTW, the proper match for Machine Screw is M6 - 1.0mm x 70mm Pan Head Phillips which I picked up from Home Depot. This bolt is far superior and will never break like the cheap one used by Herman Miller :)
Thank you so much for this video! I successfully fixed my Aeron chair arm with a 1/4-28 x 2.5 inch bolt from my local hardware store. Bolt was $0.49. :) Thank you for helping me not have to buy a new chair!
