How To Replace Chair Gas Lift Cylinder | DX Racer | How To Fix Popping Clicking Noises 

Here is a follow up video, showing what happens if you use WD-40 & if you happen to have an easy to remove piston: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7p4yvK5p-RE.html Not everyone will have this experience, your chair might still be super stubborn even with WD-40!

Use WD40 or analogue before, on both places, leave overnight. 5 strikes with strength, no need for berserk rage, that all what it takes afterwards for each side. I've read down 100 comments and no one mentioned it. So please get this one to the moon.

Spent an hour on mine, wasn't aware you need Thor's hammer to take the damn thing apart.

$25 for the gas lift instead of $300 for a new chair. Replaced my 5 year old gas lift on this DX Racer chair, and what a difference. Sincere thanks from a guy on a budget. I didn't have vise grips, but a large wrench works just fine.

Dude, thank you for showing your struggle. All the other vids I saw their shit just popped right off like it was nothing. Thanks to you, I was able to get my cylinder off.

Finally a tutorial which is not scripted. I thought i were doing something wrong clapping my chair lots of times until the gas lift cylinder fell off... Nice work there

Removing the cylinder from the base is very difficult. I had to release the clip on the bottom of the cylinder to release it from the mechanism and then I placed the base upside down in between 2 metal chairs and gave at her with a 15lb dumbell and a folded towel. Made some nice cookie shapes out of the towel but about 10-20 good, hard wacks later, it finally came loose.

This video really helped me out. I justed switched one of my chairs gas lift to my broken one on my gaming chair and it worked like a charm. Thanks man this was super helpful.

Nice Video. Thank you for the recommendation my friend. I've also bought this MasteryMart gas lift cylinder from Amazon a year ago, for both my Dxracer and Turcotte chair. Well, I was glad that I didn't have to throw away my expensive chair. They are good quality and easy to install. The only difficulty was taking the old cylinder off the chair, I used a pipe wrench to remove the old ones instead of using a hammer (afraid to damage my chair base XD). Overall the cylinder perform excellent so far, quiet and smooth. Cheers.

Omg Dude, I just saw your video and you helped SO much. For weeks I have been periodically trying to get it off with a mallet because other videos told me to use that instead of a hammer and it never budged. Switching to a hammer, it came off in SECONDS. Also bought a new cylinder off of Amazon that lifts way higher and is able to carry more weight. Never been happier!

I just replaced the gas lift on my DxRacer Tank. I got it free on warranty because I noticed it after just a year, but I kept the old one on until it broke completely, which was today, some three years later. Your guide was super helpful and I got it off without demounting the bracket.

just had occassion to replace the gas lift on my Noble Hero, this was the first vid that popped up in my search, helped a lot, as did the comments, cheers fella

Hey just wanted to drop you a note thanking you for the video. Just replaced my piece of crap gas cylinder and am nice and comfy again and not constantly lifting my arm leading to shoulder discomfort.

Just used this to do my Brazen shadow pro gaming chair almost exactly the same underneath, worked perfectly as shown, cheers

A rubber mallet is really helpful. Also, go to a auto or hardware store and get some PB Blaster. Spray it around the base on each end and give it a few minutes to penetrate; comes out so much easier. Really helpful video though. DXRacer has clearly never taken apart one of their own chairs because it is not a few taps and you're good to go.

Thanks man, rotating the chair legs while hitting them 2-4 times each helped me finally removing the shitty "steel" "150kg" base that broke within less than 4 years while being used by 80-98 kg myself.

Here's a tip for those that are having a really hard time removing the piston from the chair: ice packs. Specifically, you need an ice pack that can be wrapped around an object. These can be found at most Pharmacy stores like Rite Aid, Walmart, CVS, etc. For the bottom where the wheel base is, wrap the ice pack above the wheelbase. A couple whacks later with a rubber mallet (from the bottom of the piston) and it should pop right out. Then wrap the same ice pack (or another if the first one isn't cold enough) to the top of the piston (make sure the piston is fully extended for the best effect). Give it about 30 seconds, then start whacking on the baseplate of the chair and it should pop right out (make sure you're pulling on the piston while whacking. The reason behind this is simple: thermodynamics. By cooling the metal of the cylinder base and the top of the piston it causes the metal to shrink just enough to break the compression seal that is caused simply by sitting on the chair. Hopefully this tip will help others do this kind of repair. It also causes less damage to not only the piston (if you plan on keeping it) and the chair itself since you're not whacking it too many times.

Thanks! I couldn't hit mine from the end and other methods (twisting etc) weren't working for me but holding the old cylinder with the vice grips and tapping did the trick!

Thank you. I had to remove my mechanism and wasn't sure if it screws off or if it just needed me to rage it off :) I gave mine a few solid taps and then gripped it with a water pump pliers and twisted it out, rather easily.

Thank you for this. I actually had to replace the tension dial plate but this had to be moved from the old to the new and this videon helped immensely.

Thank you very much, after struggling and using other videos I wasn’t successful. Yours is the most realistic and finally managed to change mine!

Thank you thank you thank you you have just save me a 45 minute drive to Walmart that you just showed me to do by myself in two seconds truly appreciate it.

Thank you, worked for my dxracer fanatic edition, been struggling for years now

Thanks a lot man took me 20mins with this video no more sore back and legs for me

I literally hate RU-vid so many ads

Great video, thanks for showing this. The tutorial video dxracer does is so far from the real thing. You can see they are just tapping at one that is lightly put together. I realy had to hammer away on my dxracer king series. Just like you did in the video.

we needed to do it too. And most videos, especially those from DXRacer themselves, is just some light tapping with a hammer to get it apart because nobody sat on these ever. Thanks for showing how much force it actually takes to take this piece of shit apart. We managed to finally get my husband back up so he can see his monitors xD

Thanks a lot, i was short before a crysis with my arozzi chair. Thanks for the tipp with hammering around the holding ring.

Hi there, thank you so very much for the help video, I'm moving out to a new family home and my gaming chair is no longer holding up any more. Thanks to your video now I know what to do and how to get a replacement cylinder. Thank you so very much, also I'm new here to your Channel. 😊 😊

You know what? I am getting gayer each day, I lose almost every little molecule of proteine on this God Damn quarentine, I started removing the F***ing cylinder at 2 O'clock, is 4:35 right now, my hands burns as you can not imagine, I watched about 5 different videos on youtube, at least 5 times each one, nothing worked until I found your video, you are my personal heroe today, I love you, thank God for your soul.

Great job. Thank you for the time and effort you took to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.

Thanks man!! was really helpful, followed you step by step ( but tbh i sparyed WD-40 like half an hour before reinstalling cylinder) and successfully replaced the cylinder

Thanks for the video, had to do the same for my noblechairs, I replaced both cylinder and rock mechanism due to a defect.

LOL, "That's how they do it in the RU-vid video."

Thank you very much for this video, it was immensely helpful in replacing my own cylinder!

still useful for other models of these chairs. what helped me out is to listen to the sound he makes with his hammer. try to match that frequency with yours and it'll be out in no time. also some hype music helped me out

Thank you for the help, managed to mend my expensive chair 👌🏻

Thanks for the short video! You saved me who know how much time dealing with a manufacturer/reseller. My brand was a generic gaming chair; it still worked just like you showed... (Note: As they say in the Army, If the hammer you got doesn't work, "get a bigger hammer!")

Thanks man. This was the only tutorial that helped me out.

tq so much. my chair not dxracer brand but still have same gas lift. so ez to uninstall this thing after watch ur video

Thanks for the help, grabbed a clearance chair that came with the cylinder split in two halves.

Thanx! Been trying so many times...! NOW, I did it! :D

Thabk you so much u saved me a hole day wondering how to disasseble it cuz i was doing it but u sad do it hard and it came off i luv u deserved like and sub

Honestly , all others videos i see make it look easy to take out the first part , and me been convinced decided to use a hard wood to hit that of my DXracer king series which i have used for more than 4 years and i got the shock of my life , the top came out easy but then the cylinder and the leg with rollers was another story , and i realized i was in for a big fight , believe me i had to buy a hammer by force , so for anyone thinking of doing this be ready for the hammering , it is not easy as it looks , what surprised me the most if how something with no screw or glue was so tight and hard to come apart , nevertheless thanks for the video , it helped alot ..Merci

just fix mine bc of this video! thanks a lot 2022 and still good!!! What a good job!

Thanks mate. The vice-grips were clutch.

Thanks bro just changed mine. If it dies within 2 years of buying, DX racer ( i think it was two years) will send you a spare like they did with mine. earplugs came in handy

THANKS, I ALMOST DIE TRYING IT, BUT U SAVED ME

Thanks for the instructions! It worked perfectly on my dx racer

Wow thanks! The side hammer trick really worked :)

Best replacement video hands down!!!!

Had same problem with my Corsair gaming chair. Original gas lift lasted just over a year. Also had to replace all the wheels as ball bearings ended up all over the floor.

Awesome to the point video! Thanks man!

I have a vertagear with the same issue... Thanks for the video

Thanks you saved a lot of bad words 😂😂 This was a BIG help

This is the toughest job ever .. I did similiar way like you did at 1am and woke up my dad and he went to my room but he's not mad he's just laugh and ask me just buy another set with wheels and legs ... 😄

your video really help me out bro thanks a lot

Hello and thank you for the video Tutorial. I also want to change the height of my dxracer with a new gas lift cylinder but dxracer support for germany told me that this is not possible. Pls can you tell me what was the height of you chair with the original gas lift cylinder and how much height did you get with the new cylinder? Thank you very much

Did the new cylinder have goo on it? Or is mine messed up and I need to send it back???

That's one thing what one wants a home of one's own for (without family or other's nearby). One can do that shit all day, without anyone being able to complain. Wonderful freedom..

Hell yeah thank you dude!! I think my air pump is to big cause I can’t go up and down but I don’t care I’m a console gamer so I don’t really need the angles.

I just wanna say a big thanks for this video. I tried for several days to get that effing gas spring out, had it in a vice, biggest pliers and vice grips i had, no good. Picked it up by the spring and tapped the metal surround with a hammer like you did, not 30 seconds later it all came apart. Now I was far too impatient to look for my rubber mallet and now my chair has a few dings, but who cares, can't see them unless you turn the chair upside down. So, if you can't get the gas spring out, do what this guy did and it will come apart.

I just used a rubber mallet and it got the job done in a few swings

I had to use some WD-40 and spray it between the base and the gas piston just to get it out while hitting it with my mallet just to get the base off. Because my base's lil wheel slot in one of my wheels broke so I had to order a gaming chair base replacement today.The damn thing was stuck in there tg for WD-40!

Thanks man, you video helped big time

So if I removed the clip and the legs came off but the lift is still on the bracket I did it wrong? Seems to be stuck now, think I should screw the 4 screws back to the chair and hammer.

Does the hydraulic fit the E-win gaming chair

I just got my chair and lifted it up but it didn’t go back down so idk if I should try this

Thanks to you, I realised it's okay to smack the shit out of the chair without a hammer. Cheers for the tutorial

My new cylinder has just arrived and here I am watching your helpful video. One problem ... my chair is now behaving and the old cylinder is not going down, Uh? Oh well, It'll be here when it does finally go..👍

Thanks for this video very very helpful!

Worked like a charm. Thx

Great video, thank you!

thanks for the vid , I was having trouble getting cylinder loose from the seat . This helps. I have ordered a new cylinder for my old chair. Not sure if it will solve my problem though as mine was leaning to the right when sitting , but what the heck I will try it.

I tried banging and forcing my gas lift off for about half an hour until I tried turning the thing on the bottom towards "loose" and it fell out. I dunno if that was just a coincidence or not but god im glad it's finally off.

Nice vid ;) Took me about 5 min just don't be afraid to hit it really hard the chair can take it ;)

This was a great tutorial 😂🙏🏾

Let's just say there's a reason they have disabled comments on their official video on how to do this. The only real way to do it is as you've shown. I absolutely massacred my old lift getting it out of the wheel base.

Does this hydraulic cylinder have more range than the default one? I find my chair too low.

Thanks for the video it works great for me

Great vid all this worked

Really helpful. Thanks

thank you this worked for me!

have any chance to get this in amazon EU? my dxracer broken yesterday (model DXRacer K-Series OH/KS06/N)

Thank you it helped a lot

BROOOO FINALLYYYYY!!!! THXX

Thx man helped alot

Thanks man!

Does this fix it if my height lifter don’t work like its all wobbly and don’t lift

Soooo.... how long did it take you to hammer out the cylinder. I’ve been doing this for a bit, and I can’t say I’ve made progress...

My DXRacer gas lift just crapped out on me today after 1 year. This should be helpful.

certified king thank you sm

The DXRacer/other brands actually have higher quality gas lifts than most chairs from places like Officeworks (here in Australia) etc. Where most of those fail within a year or so, I had my DXRacers metal frame break before the gas lift, about 5 years. I would order a new gas lift from DXRacer if you can.

That dusting off part shoulda been done long time ago. We got the same chair but mines came with two cushion pillows. I would say to honest bang that old one out from the bottom of wheels which makes it more easier for you since you ain't gonna need old one any longer.

Where did you hit it while you were holding it??

thanks you saved me

pretty useful...thanks

Just remove the metal clip at the bottom of the gas cylinder there is no need for the hammer. The popping and clicking is from a bad bearing. You can get new bearings for $10 on amazon. Don’t forget the grease. Only need to replace the cylinder if thenchair keeps sinking

Thanks a lot. Did it :)

Some idiot put the gas lift in the wrong way with the plastic wrap still on the part going in the hole. Cause it came out of the box like that. Any ideas for fixing this atrocity?