As can be seen from the above, almost all work to restore the working capacity of an office chair consists in replacing the failed elements. In most cases, any "handy" man can do such work. Finding the parts you need to replace is quite simple: all components can be purchased in specialized stores or companies that sell office furniture. To complete the picture, we recommend watching a video about repairing office chairs with your own hands:
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A computer chair is an essential attribute of a modern person's workplace, without which it is difficult to imagine an office or office.
Office chairs are designed to be lightweight, maneuverable and comfortable for extended work in the office or at home
The convenience of a computer chair is expressed in its ergonomic and functional form, it is suitable for people of any body type, height or weight. All this is possible due to the unique ability to adjust the height or level of the backrest to the needs of a particular user, for which the gas lift, built into the structure of each chair, is responsible.
The main symptoms of a gas lift malfunction
However, the same part is also a vulnerable spot, the breakdown of which renders the entire functionality of the seat unusable.
Office chairs are comfortable and functional furniture, but sometimes they require repair
Parts of the computer chair that may need to be replaced or repaired
Office chair layout
If you are faced with a malfunction of the computer chair, you need to find out which part needs repair. One of the most common causes of breakage is the gas lift, as the part that is most susceptible to wear and tear.
Homemade repairs will not restore the full functionality of the office chair
There are two ways to fix a broken gas lift breakage. The first option is to replace the defective part with a new one, no matter which one, from a whole chair or bought in a store.
Chair gas lift or lifting mechanism is designed to adjust the height of the office chair
This method can be considered expensive, since the purchase of a whole gas lift will be required. To make a replacement, you need the following set of tools:
carpentry hammer;
pliers;
a bolt with a diameter of at least 10 mm;
screwdriver or screwdriver;
technical lubrication.
Repair tool kit
We remove the wheels and dismantle the back of the seat, for which we turn the chair over and unscrew the necessary screws from the bottom of the chair. This is necessary for the subsequent convenience of dismantling, you also need to remove the armrests, if any.
Use a Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the 4 bolts
Remove the seat from the chair mechanism
Detached chair mechanism
We proceed to dismantle the gas lift
New gas lift to replace the broken one
Putting the cross in place
Assembled chair after renovation
The second method is cheaper, it consists in fixing the gas lift in one position. However, this method eliminates the possibility of adjusting the height of the chair, but if you need the same height, it is quite suitable. You will need:
screwdriver;
pipe, rubber hose, or a set of washers, depending on what you have at hand;
a rag to remove traces of oil.
Before starting the repair, it is important to make sure that there is no gas in the gas lift and that the gas chamber has free movement up and down, that is, if the height adjustment lever dangles freely. Only then follow the instructions.
According to the instructions presented earlier, we remove the chair together with the rocking mechanism, leaving the crosspiece.
We knock the crosspiece off the chair with a mallet, you need to hit as close to the middle as possible, alternately from different sides of the pneumatic cartridge
We turn it up and in the center we see the latch, remove it, and then take out the washers covered with oil. Having done this, you can pull out the outer casing, from which the lifting rod sticks out, on which the rubber damper, thrust washer, bearing and second thrust washer are attached.
Remove the steel latch washer
We remove the glass, and then everything else from the axis - an elastic band, washers and a bearing
Next, we select the supply, which we will fix on the lifting rod, thereby fixing the height of the chair at a certain level. You can use any material from PVC pipes to a hose and washers with nuts, the main thing is that it fits freely on the stem.
We make a tube of the required length, with an inner diameter not less than the diameter of the axis
Measure the required length of the hose and secure it with a damper, then screw on the thrust washer, bearing, second washer and insert the structure back into the gas lift housing.
We put the resulting tube on the axle, and then an elastic band (if it is still alive) and washers with a bearing
Reassemble the gas lift by installing the outer washers and latch. The chair is ready.
We put the cross in place, and complete the assembly by installing the wheels
This is what a metal crosspiece looks like with plastic covers on the bottom.
A separate case is the breakage of the crosspiece. Although this part is made of particularly durable materials, it cannot be damaged, especially if it is made of plastic.
Types of crosspieces: plastic, aluminum, metal with wooden pads
Fortunately, replacing this part with a new one is quite simple. You will need:
To replace, follow the instructions: turn the computer chair upside down, pull the wheels out of the mountings. Take a pair of pliers and use a circular motion to knock out the gas lift, applying pinpoint blows along its edges.
To remove the plastic crosspiece from the gas lift, you need to hold on to the gas lift and tap the crosspiece from above around the connection point with light hammer blows
After detaching the spider, fit the casters onto the new one and insert the second part of the chair into the hole. You don't have to worry about incompatibilities, as all office chairs have a standardized gas lift mount.
To knock out the gas lift from the cross, it is better to use a spacer of the appropriate size. to prevent blows to the central part of the gas lift
Thus, you can fix any office chair with your own efforts, without the costly purchase of a new chair.
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Computer chair or so-called. the executive's office chair on wheels is often quite convenient for work and just spending time at the computer. However, over time, in such chairs, the wheels can become loose and fall off. This situation is unpleasant, but it is easily and inexpensively treated. Anyone can fix a chair and replace the casters.The tools that you may need are a screwdriver or just something durable and long, which is convenient to pick out, and, possibly, a hammer with which you can drive.
First you need to turn the chair over and remove the casters. Then you need to remove the plastic covers that cover the metal "cross" (five) of the chair. Further, at the ends of the metal cross there are plastic plugs into which the rollers are inserted. The problem I had was that these plugs inside cracked and broke so that the rollers began to fall out of them. Also, on some rollers, wire rings have come off, which are needed to fix the rollers in the plugs. The plugs must be gouged out with a screwdriver or a standard grubber:
I thought that it would be possible to buy such trivial spare parts for the chair as plugs and rollers in almost any furniture store that sells office furniture. To do this, I walked through the Kharkov furniture oases: the vicinity of the Marshal Zhukov metro station and furniture centers near the station. metro Moskovsky prospect. The result is zero, as an option they offer an assembled cross. In SunSity2 I was recommended to shop / manufacture "EconomTochka" on Kholodnaya Gora. A separate adventure consisted of finding their store in the dark in an industrial zone, talking on the phone, driving a truck ... We must pay tribute to the employees - they were waiting for me and they sold me these penny stubs and videos after the end of the working day. But the conclusion is that the map on their website indicating the locations of the stores should not be trusted.
Here are the old and new cross caps:
The cross is assembled in the reverse order. First, you need to insert new plugs into the ends of the cross. This may require a hammer because the crosspiece may be slightly bent due to weight and time. Then, plastic covers are put on the paws of the cross, and only then the wheels are inserted.
Five plugs and five rollers cost me only 40 hryvnia ($ 5).
Office, it is also a computer chair, is now not only in the office, but in every home. This furniture is very comfortable and you have to pay for the comfort with problems. The chair has a rather complex mechanism, which is subjected to considerable loads and often fails, it often requires adjustment or repair. This article will discuss how to repair an office chair with your own hands, without going to a workshop.
Defective rollers
Repairing the chair cross
Eliminating gas lift malfunction
Repair video
Most often they break: rollers, a crosspiece and a gas lift. In the case of rollers, there are no big problems. The easiest way out is to replace the broken roller with a new one or, if possible, glue it with super glue. Often the cause of the malfunction is debris: threads, hair, etc. Then it is enough to remove the rollers and clean the places of their attachment from clogging. If the wheel axle mount is broken, you may have to replace the crosspiece.
Do-it-yourself repair of an office chair cross is quite possible with some skills in mechanics. To do this, you need simple tools and care.
The material of the cross is important - if it is made of plastic, then it is better to put a new one. After repair, plastic serves even worse than new and restoring such a fragile part makes little sense. Pay attention to the type of plastic, it is better to change the polyethylene cross for glass filled with polyamide, since this material is stronger and lasts longer than conventional plastics.
To fix the crosspiece, you need to remove it and this process is not as simple as it seems. This often damages the part itself and the gas lift, especially if you use a hammer or sledgehammer. It is imperative to do this with rollers, since they are often damaged during disassembly and repair. You will need a tool:
It is better to cover the floor with rags or newspapers to protect it from grease. For disassembling tight connections, especially a gas cartridge with a crosspiece, it is convenient to use WD-40 liquid, gasoline or just soapy water. Attention! You can knock down the cross with a hammer only if it is metal; for a plastic one you need to use a mallet. We recommend watching a video of an office chair repair.
We remove the wheels. Usually they are not rigidly fixed and can be easily removed from the mountings.
We turn the chair over; for stability, it must be placed as a seat on a chair so that the back rests on the floor.
It is necessary to disconnect the rocking and adjustment mechanism - piastre. Unscrew the 4 screws securing it to the seat. Then you need to knock it off the gas lift with a light tap, since usually this is a connection without a thread, a tapered one. It is advisable to use a wooden or rubber mallet and not hit the edges of the parts, they are easily deformed. If the connection is "stuck", you can use a special liquid or gently tap it with a hammer.
Remove the gas cartridge stopper. The retaining clip is located in the center of the recess for the cartridge, it must be carefully pry off with a screwdriver and removed. Then you need to remove the washer and put it aside along with the clip. Now we disconnect the rod of the gas lift. Careful! Inside the glass, gas lift parts can stick to the lubricant: 2 washers and an oil seal with a bearing. Set them aside and do not confuse with the stopper washer when reassembling.
We knock down the crosspiece. You need to be especially careful with plastic. It is better to hit with a mallet or an ordinary hammer through a piece of wood, with light blows from all sides.
This work must be done very carefully and carefully, with the careless work of a non-professional, the piastre and gas cartridge often break.
To assemble, you need to do everything in the reverse order.
Repairing the crosspiece of an office chair does not always make sense if it is plastic. Glue and soldering with a special soldering iron for plastics do not provide strength, they can only be used to seal small cracks.
You can attach the broken-off foot of the cross using a lining made of metal or plastic. Sometimes they use a plastic tube of a suitable diameter for this and fix it with glue or screws.
For broken or cracked metal crosses, welding is the best option.
Do-it-yourself gas lift repair of an office chair will help to save a considerable amount on the services of a master or buying a new thing. In this case, it is necessary to clearly determine the cause and severity of the malfunction; in many cases, the easiest way is to replace the entire cartridge. The part is not cheap, but new furniture is much more expensive.
When the chair starts to fall arbitrarily and the lift lever does not work, these are clear signs of a breakdown of the gas cartridge. We check it like this:
You need to unscrew the seat and see if the lever presses the cartridge gas valve. In a working mechanism, under pressure, the valve goes down, the gas cartridge extends.
The problem is sometimes a bent lift arm. Then you can gently straighten it to its original state.
To repair or replace the gas lift, you need to disassemble the chair completely. The process is described in the first part of the article (repair of the office chair cross). Installing a new part is much easier than removing a broken one, most importantly, without having to hammer.
It is necessary to determine the optimal seat height for you. Measure and record the result.
It is necessary to remove the crosspiece and disconnect the cartridge from the piastre, after unscrewing the seat.
Then the glass is removed and the parts are sequentially removed: washers, bearings, etc. It is important not to lose them and remember the installation order.
Then you need to pick up a tube or a rigid hose made of plastic with an inner diameter suitable for the axis of the lift. You will have to cut the tube at a comfortable seat height (this was done in the first step). For this purpose, you can use a plated plastic water pipe.
The resulting part is put on the stem and all parts of the chuck are installed in the reverse order.
Once assembled, the chair should behave normally. This method will help to restore the minimum efficiency of the chair and prevent "failures", but the gas lift will no longer work like new. In general, its complete replacement is the best option, for cheap and medium-priced seats, the cost of this spare part will not be high.
Gaslift replacement video:
VIDEO Rocking mechanism replacement video:
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How to independently disassemble the wheels of a computer chair to clean them from the rubbish that has wound on the bushings?
It is believed that most of the wheels of office (computer) chairs are not collapsible, i.e. - unrepairable due to the fact that the fit of the wheel on the axle is done with such a strong interference that one careless movement - and the wheel will have to be thrown away. But this is not entirely true, nevertheless, sometimes it is possible to disassemble them if you work carefully.
I am not speaking out of nowhere, not very long ago I also had to attend to this problem - several wheels did not spin, but literally rolled on the floor. An attempt to remove the accumulated dirt (pile from the carpet, hair interspersed with fine debris) with tweezers did not give any result.
After scouring the Internet, I managed to find this video, where a young man confidently, with a minimum set of tools, easily disassembles them, cleans and reassembles them.
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Of course, I didn't have such clever "toothy" scissors, and I worked with platypus pliers with long thin lips. Something like this:
Additionally, I advise you to do the following: before work, squeeze VD-40 liquid into the place of contact between the wheel and the axle. The pad will penetrate into the place of contact and thus, acting as a lubricant, will facilitate the removal of the wheel. Before you start removing the wheels, remove any grease spills so that your hands do not slip. Do not forget to wipe everything dry before assembling.
But if you decide not to bother with the repair, or you fail and you have to change the wheels, then here you will find detailed information on their selection and replacement (last section and video).
Message Vadim »12 Sep 2013, 09:33
Message LesNik »12 Sep 2013, 22:47
Message SergeyPochep »14 Sep 2013, 12:37
Message Igorek »20 Sep 2013, 12:03
Yah? Every store that has a furniture accessories department also sells wheels for chairs. True, as LesNik rightly noted, it is usually not they who break, but the mount in the chair itself.
Message SergeyPochep »23 Sep 2013, 10:31
Yah? Every store that has a furniture accessories department also sells wheels for chairs. True, as LesNik rightly noted, it is usually not they who break, but the mount in the chair itself.
Message Igorek »24 Sep 2013, 08:54
Believe it or not, 90% of the office chairs we sell have the same wheels. Of course, in expensive exclusive options there may be something else, but such things usually do not break for decades.
Message nafnatrix »04 Oct 2013, 01:42
Message serge »04 Oct 2013, 07:20
Message adianon »07 Oct 2013, 21:33
Thank you, you have solved my problem. They did not fall out for me, they simply did not rotate around the axis.
Roma, if you want a lamina after serving, replace the plastic wheels with gum
Live and learn, and you will die a fool.
yes, well, to whom that, to each his own.
Alik Shulov What to do 6 개월 전
Yes, here the chair is easier to change to a normal one. These cheap chairs are built to last for a couple of years of heavy use.
* This chair is already 10 years old, almost every day use *
What's the point of buying something? Now a little something broke and they are thrown out almost new, you can collect any spare parts.In this way, I collected two office chairs and threw out about five spare parts and there are still left. I bought only new rubberized wheels for parquet and laminate 🙂
I was looking for a used one, I didn’t find any cheap ones, now there are no fools anymore, at least we do.
Before you throw away a good office chair because the gas lift or the wheels aren't working, try fixing it. All you need is a few simple tools and readily available parts.
If the lift mechanism in the chair needs repair, but all other parts are in order, do not rush to throw it away. Fix it! You can replace the gas lift yourself. Unfortunately, even without breakdowns, this part wears out sooner or later.
The process of replacing this mechanism can be called two-part:
Dismantling the lifting mechanism. Measurements for buying or ordering a new part.
Installing a new part. Assembly.
And that's all. This will take about 45 minutes, excluding finding the part.
gripping pliers (needle nose pliers);
pipe wrench;
Phillips screwdriver
hammer (best if you will use a wooden or rubber hammer).
turn the chair upside down and place it on the table;
remove the mechanism from the seat with a screwdriver;
The gas lift can be removed with a few moderate hammer blows. You need to beat from the side of the cross (five-ray), but so as not to damage it. For this, it will be more convenient to use two hammers. Place one hammer on the gas lift, and with the second strike from above;
install a new lifting mechanism;
assemble a chair;
adjust the chair lowering lever.
Loose or completely missing casters can also be easily repaired by yourself. What is necessary:
The screwdriver, by the way, can be replaced with any other durable object that will
turn the chair over;
disconnect the seat base from the gas lift;
remove the cross;
remove the plastic covers from the cross using a screwdriver.
At the end of the metal cross there are plastic plugs on which the wheels are attached.
In the center of the cross, you will see a ring with five lugs that secures the shrouds. Use a screwdriver to hook the edge of each cover and remove the plastic plugs. Worn plugs must be replaced. Next, install the covers and casters.
Breakage of this part of the chair is almost always due to careless use. The crosspiece is destroyed if the user abruptly lowered himself onto the seat, "fell" into it. Of course, everything also depends on the material. Steel crosses are much stronger than plastic ones, but their malfunction is also possible.
Almost any breakdown of this element cannot be repaired and requires replacement.
Remove the cross carefully. Use tools for this and do not act abruptly, as you can damage the gas lift.
Remove the wheels.
In the center of the cross there is a notched ring that secures the plastic cover. Use a screwdriver to pry the ring and slide the edge of the cover. Take it off.
Remove the plugs.
Replace and reassemble.
If only one beam is broken, you should still replace the five-beam completely. Since in this case, the remaining beams take on the entire load and can also quickly break. It is recommended to replace the broken plastic crosspiece with a stronger metal one, if possible.
The piastra is the part that regulates the height. If your chair becomes wobbly and creaky, then this is a piastre breakdown. What could have happened?
The fastening screws may have come loose. Twist them up.If it does not help, unscrew it completely, apply glue (both PVA and Moment will do) on the thread and screw in. Let the glue harden before you sit down on the chair again.
The insert seam between the plate and the bushing, which is put on the gas lift, has burst. The seam can be sealed. It is important to remove the gas lift first.
This is probably the most annoying breakdown. If the back of the chair is not fixed, then the permanent contact, which regulates the connection of the back and the seat, is faulty.
The permanent is a non-separable part, so the part should be removed (it's easy, you just need to unscrew four bolts) and replace.
Even a cosmetic defect such as worn upholstery can be corrected by purchasing fabric from a store and using a furniture stapler.
These are just the most basic breakdowns of office chairs. Yes, in-house repairs still have to pay for new parts. But such repairs will cost several times less than buying a new chair. Not all elements can be repaired, and in many cases, you cannot do without the help of a specialist.
Video (click to play).
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