How to Fix a Squeaky Office Chair Part 2- Lubricating the inside of the cylinder piston
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I show you how to get to the inside of an office chair cylinder to lubricate the piston. Try this if your office chair still squeaks after trying everything I mentioned in Part I of the video.
* How to Fix a Squeaky Office Chair Part 1: • How to Fix a Squeaky O... - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
✅ Also See 6 Office Chairs that Don't Squeak: ergonomictrends.com/office-chairs-that-dont-squeak/
Don't use WD-40, it will just wash away the grease in the chair and will make it worst once the WD-40 dried up. Use grease instead.
i used grease but it wouldn't penetrate into the piston. Perhaps use WD40, but *then afterwards put more grease (or a thinner oil) on.*
@@roidroid Its not actually the piston that it is squeaking, its that rod and the bearings at the end that is causing it to squeak. That is where u need to put your grease. You need to extend that rod so that you can spread the grease there. As long as that piston doesn't loose pressure that piston is good. A minute amount of grease from the rod will eventually find its way inside the piston due to actuation from normal use.
@@dondave7219 took the chair apart today. I'd actually been lubricating the spindle-guide & spindle, but this is indeed the area causing the "stiction" when it slides up/down (wasn't getting squeaking but i imagine it'll still be solved the same way).
It's still a problem, today i tried automotive grease, then i tried a light oil, then i degreased it and applied Linox-Lanolin (that made it WORSE!).
Spent the evening researching greases/lubricants & "plain bearings". I'm even starting to wonder if this is meant to be a dry bearing, it'll need more experimenting.
Exactly why I’m here
^ this. wd40 believe it or not cant do everything
Great tute. I used a synthetic grease (Super Lube) instead since typical WD-40 isn't good for that application. I tried it. Another SERP said to use a good synthetic grease. So after wiping the bearings, spacers and piston clean, I applied a liberal amount of Super Lube grease and now no squeaks and very smooth operation of a $5.00 Goodwill office chair. Thank you!
Fixed my squeaky chair problem!!! Needed that problem fixed so I can use my office chair as a swinging spot to put her to sleep but the squeakiness was killing the vibe. Thank you!
Holy hell this worked like magic!
Your video saved me from going insane cause of the squeeking.
Thanks! That was helpful. For better coating of the inner piston, pull/press the lever to extend the chair to full height - that allowed me to directly coat the inner piston rod (the tip of which is seen around 2:52).
For people who this didn't work for, try proper automotive grease instead of oil. Fully extend the piston and apply a very liberal amount. Plain oil can often be too liquid and just run out and not stay in the needed spots.
I thought no way this will help. I was wrong bless you sir. So nice to have a squek free chair again.
Thank you for this video. I had a 3 month old Ikea Markus chair that was driving me nuts with incredible squeaking. I knew it had nothing to with the main body and was almost certain the noise was coming from the piston. I just disassembled it after this video and greased it, viola, it's super silent now. You just saved my sanity.
Had my doubts but tried this and it worked! Thanks for the vid! Our chair was very loud and creaky!
This worked for my gaming chair, thank you so much it’s so much better now 🙂🙂🙂
I'm sure this bought a lot of viewers here as im sure everyone sat in their chair during lock down.
Thank you for making this video! This was my last resort, and it worked!!!
Thanks buddy. I just fixed this with almost zero cost. my chair is super smooth now
This solution sir solved my problem. Thank you so much. 👍🏼
Thanks, at last someone that really help me! thanks dude!
Hell Yeah! This is a BIG HELP...i tried with my office chair and could not get it 100%, i solved it 50-60% with WD-40, but now i see what i have to do to get closer to 100% Big Cheers
Thanks for this!!! Very helpful!
Thanks Man, It worked for me.
Thanks a lot that helped a lot I was not sure how to get the clip off
it helped and squeks gone, Thanks.
Thank you for the video
Many thanks, it works really great 👍, almost new chair saved :-) however I used the lubricant for bicycle chain Shimano PTFE LUBE
Thank you! Thats help for me
huge help, lovely,
man
thank you for saving my sanity :D
A titan chair started squeaking after 3 months & this looks like the solution thanks for that this earned you a sub any idea what to do with rattly arm rests it's the shaft mostly.
It is working, thanks!
Dude I love you.
Thank you!
Thank you sir it worked. Personally i recommend re applying bearing grease after cleaning the residue with wd40 and wipe it with cloth.
This made my mind relax after watching the video and fixing my chair in 10 minutes. Thank you. Keep making videos like these. ❤️ Btw I used liquid grease and it works perfect too.
Hey I'm from Bangladesh. It really worked on my office chair which piston was not working well, after lubrication it was buttery smooth as new.
Thank you very much for the demonstration.
Dzięki mordo! Działa z Markusem z IKEI!
I initially tried wd40 and the suspension of my chair got even rougher.
So I took the retainer clip out and removed the leg with the wheels like you showed in this video and realized that the gas spring is attached to the chair seat and contained in itself, and the gas spring's outer steel body rides inside a plastic bushing in the leg with the wheels.
So I used wd40 to clean everything and wiped it and then applied silicone grease to the gas spring's shaft and it's outer steel body that rides in the plastic bushing and now my chair's suspension is much smoother.
I made the exact same mistake and this solved the problem for me! thank you so much!
@@drshemp1 sure.
you can also try silicone lubricant aerosol spray
WD is not a lubricant! WD is a cleaner and it will displace whatever little lubricant was there in the first place.
It will "lubricate" for as long as it's there but after a few days it will completely dry out. You should be using white lithium grease.
Correct!
Nice, now my chair won't make clunky sounds during my zoom calls
WD 40 is not a lube. It's (W)ater (D)isplacement #40. You can use it as a cleaner first, then use grease.
Ya shot the 40 everywhere bruh!
What if i don’t remember the order of the rings? (When I lifted the base they fell)
Amazing, worked perfectly but used bicycle chain oil instead of wd40.
is the tab under the under for the cyndinler surpose to turn freely like i can grab it and turn it in circles
yes it turns
use HHS 200 wurth
The inside of my Secret Labs Titan is FUBAR. All the washers are ripped up. Glad I finally found out why it was so noisy.
wd-40 isn't good idea to use in bearings
What should be used instead
@@parzival988 Grease. I've used wheel bearing grease, but I've also seen white lithium grease used. I'm guessing most greases will work.
silicone is a great lube too.
@@parzival988 I tried lithium grease but that didn't help me. I saw on another channel (for mountain biking) that white lithium is used mostly to help in assembly of various parts but fails to keep lubing or sliding after a while. I used Super Lube synthetic grease (I use it for most bearings-sparingly- on fishing reels...not on ceramic bearings) and wow, quiet as a mouse now.
@@zubertish Ding ding! synthetic grease. Thats what you should use.
Is regular wd40 fine? I used some on my new chair but now every time I sit on it the 'suspension' is no longer smooth and has a lot of friction (I used it on the bottom where the clip is and didn't open it up like the video)
sam thing for me haha
Don't use WD40. Don't use oil in general. Use grease. Trust me on that one.
Thank you for the video, it kinda helped but it's still kinda squeaky :(
Unfortunately the creaking of my chair seems to be from the stress of whatever the threads are embedded in inside of the base of the chair. I'm not sure why a metal plate isn't used here and instead threaded inserts into what appears to be wood. Over time I'm convinced this will fail catastrophically if that wooden board cracks to where the threaded inserts come out.
This might be the issue with mine too.
Update: they sent me a new metal base piece. This was because the adjustment knob was spinning freely without adjusting anything. The creaking seems to have gotten somewhat better but I'm more or less just getting used to it.
And still my office chair squeaks!
maybe try silicone grease or silicone lubricant aerosol spray
Both way also not fix tho
The first video fix for awhile
Then squeak noice come back
Any other ways?
Wd40 is not a lubricant
WD40 is not a lubricant! you can use it to clean up the parts and wipe them off, but then you have to use an actual lubricant.
WD40 is not a long lasting lubricant. You'd be better off with grease.
I googled lubricant and it came up
Durex Naturals Extra Sensitive Water Based Lube Intimate Gel, 100ml 😒
do not use wd-40, it is not lubrication, it design to remove water and old grease.
wd-40 is not a lubricant....
It didn't work for me. Still the noise is there
Use grease not a solvent.
I fixed my chair now I game 14hrs a day. Since gained 324lbs of fat and now I have to take powerful medication to control diabetes.
wow
BTW jl2, have you become a flat earther yet?
@@flat-earther I was born flat earther
@@user-jl2wd1it8h cool. were you not taught about globe?
had my blasted chair for less than a month n it has already come with this squeaking issue... ffs I need to find WD40
grease would be better
WHAT U CAN REMOVE THAT I NEVER KNEW THAT LOL :D
BTW MY CHAIR MAKES JACKHAMMER NOISE WHEN I SIT ON IT AND IDK WHY LOL :D
Are you sitting on a jackhammer?
@@kaislate IT SOUND LIKE THAT WHEN I SIT ON THE CHAIR AND WHEN I GET UP FROM THE CHAIR
@@deadpoolgames1 hehe, yeah... It happens. the button at the top of the cylinder is either being depressed and pressed or the cylinder itself is failing. If you don't use the up and down function of the chair you can try removing the handle that you would normally use to raise and lower it to see if that helps. Also, older chairs were attached to the seat in a manner that over time it is possible that the chair itself is hitting the button.
At least I hope this is the issue.
If the piston itself is failing you are kainda out of luck unfortunately. Although, chances are you can use the base and piston from any other chair that can safely attach to the seat you currently have. So you could buy a chair that is torn up, but has good mechanics underneath and swap it out.
Please never use your knife like that again. It was literally giving me a panic attack. Use a pry bar. Not your knife blade. My friend broke his Spyderco Para 2 doing that. Tip snapped right off. Please purches a pry bar or even a ice cream bar stick. It’ll do just as much as that knife did. Otherwise great video! Thank you!
WD-40 is a cleaner. Wtf are you doing.
You Don't Want To Use WD-40.....SMDH!....You Need A Lubricant Grease
wd40 removes grease..................
WD40 is not a lubrication
WD-40 IS NOT A LUBRICANTTTTTTT
This is terrible advice, right? you should grease it
Talking too much.