Office Chair Mechanism Removal - chairpartsonline 

Had to improvise by wrapping my hammer in a thick polo shirt but got the job done. I was tapping the base but the cylinder came out the seat smh lol. I had put the seat plate on backwards. Thanks for the assist!

Thanks, just had to make sure I was on the right track. I needed some wd40 to get things moving. I just replaced the whole tilt mechanism plate thing on my la-z-boy office chair. Mine was wrecked; wobbly, leaning to one side. Bought a suitable generic replacement from amazon, a heavy duty one. It's fantastic, stable; even more than when the chair was brand new. I thought I was going to have to buy a new chair. I didn't know these parts were generic enough to be replaced. I also bought a fabric chair cover to cover the disgusting peeling bonded leather back, seat, and arms. The cover bungies and zippers on. Not bad considering the lazboy otherwise still has nice cushions and is functional. Just had to fix the lean and cover the ugly. This chair is going on like 6-7 years for me now.

This was very helpful - and it worked for me!

Worked great thank you.

I tried this to replace my gas cylinder the star wont come off and I tried Wd nope wont com off. like a stuck on jar lid and I need my chair now ill try a heaver hammer

Don't have a mallet. I tried with a hammer with some cloth to mitigate damage, seat plate still won't detach. Am I not using enough force or do I need to buy a mallet? I feel like I'm swinging fairly hard, can swing harder but I'm afraid I'd damage some parts.

ok but a dead blow and rubber mallet are two different things.

Sorry dude but this didn't do a damn thing.

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