How to disable Ikea Locking Safety Castors 

screw it! fucking ikea is wasting everyone's time and their chair not even that cheap!

The most annoying over-engineering ever.

Thanks for this video! The locking wheels drove me nuts. The only place I could ever see them making sense would be on a cruise ship, so the chair doesn't roll away when no one is sitting in them. :-)

Thank you so much!! I love my chair except for that safety feature. I was about to replace those wheels. Who even thought of that feature? Did they do a survey on it? They should've just put wheels that have a lock/unlock thing.

I can assure you guys that this method really works. I tried it myself and didn't have to drill anything. Just bought the screws and added them in the hole. It compresses the wheel down and reduces the pressure of the springs. However, the IKEA casters are not ideal for free movements. If you need even more flexibility then buy additional casters that roll free. But at least the screw method works. Thanks, Jason for sharing this amazing idea.

OMG! I realize this video's a couple year's old, but I just got a chair from Ikea yesterday with these stupid wheels. I found another video, but it has a different type. This is the same as mine. You're a HERO!

You’re a genius!!! I watched tons of other tutorials but they didn’t show the model of wheels my chair had. I happened to have around a screw like yours but I think 15mm and gave it a try like you said and wow!! It works!! It’s sticking out longer but short enough that stays below the wheel so I ordered the 10 mm off eBay. Thank you so much for making the video! I was going insane with the chair no moving even when I was sitting down. ✨✨👏👏

Thanks, really useful. I will try it out. I don't know who the fuck came up with this stupid idea, like if the chair will move alone

How are you putting the wheels back with such ease? One of the end of my wheel came out on its own due to hair being stuck in it. I got the other end out with this method, removed tha hair, put it back, but the other end is ridiculously loose no matter how hard I try to put it back.

Brilliant, there are dozens of idiots videos that do not solve the problem. With your video and 0.5 euros of screws problem solved in 10 minutes. It is better to pass first in the hole a male to threading that facilitates the screw. Thank you

We opened each castor cover and removed the spring that fell out.

Thanks for sharing. This locking mechanism is so annoying. You solved my problem in 3 minutes.

Thanks a bunch, I got two Ikea chairs fixed that way . Does it last, or do the screws get pushed out over time ?

Thank you very much! Was going to drill from the top to get rid of the spring that blocks castors, but your method is way better!

Legend and straight to the point unlike so many 👍👊🙏

Great idea, thanks for making this helpful video

it worked, thanks!

Brilliant mate. Thanks for the tip👍

Great tip. Thank you 🙏🏻

wow, you are a hero!

Tq

Can you give a tutorial on how to open the wheels? I have the same type of wheels with hairs stuck in it and I can't get it to open matter how much I try.