Fix a Sinking Office Chair For Less Than a Dollar! [Tutorial]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2016
- Tutorial on how to fix a sinking office chair, for less than a dollar!
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~ Note: The fix as outlined in this video works fine for me and many others that have tried it, but as in any Do-It-Yourself (DIY) repairs, do at own risk.
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Hey there... I'm a handy 72 yr old woman and just knew there had to be a way to fix this old chair, so did a search and found your video. I found some old pvc pipe hanging around, cut it and wallah! Done ... in half an hour. This works perfectly! Thanks so very much for doing this video. Saved me a lot of aggravation, saved my back, and saved me $$$.... :) Very Happy!!!
Fantastic! Glad it helped. Thanks for sharing your story. :)
Congrats on being a handy 72 year old woman! Well done!
I was too lazy to go to the store so I used the tube off of a lint roller. I don't know why my grandma gave me that anyway...
i'm watching this while i'm sinking down
no joke
🤣🤣
same
me too lol
same. It's really sad XD
yepp
me staring at the screen with my chair on the floor, disassembled, realizing i needed to go to the store to get a part
Me too! XD
Hope all went well. Best wishes.
THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT
LOL I guess you never had one of those "Read all the instructions before you start" tests in school.
same. heading to home depot feeling stupid lol
I swear the only reason chairs have a hydraulic height adjust is so you need to keep buying new chairs
False. It's for guys like me who like to say "low-rider" when using the hydraulic to go down
stop buying those $75 "office" chairs and they won't sink. Buy a 300 office chair and never buy one again.
@@yjsxj wish I could find a nice one for $75, wow
As Peter Crenshaw, from the Three Investigators, would say:” I’ll buy a double helping of that”
@@yjsxj my $400 chair started sinking after 5 months.
Amazing! this 62 yr old lady just fixed her own chair! I had the pvc in the garage, cut to length and ta-da!
That's great. I'm happy to know it worked good for you.
It is awesome because many people have parts lying around that they can use! I used a vacuum attachment round tube sucky up thing.
Same here, I got the cut piece replacement within 2 metres from where my home office is! I was having leg pain since 2 days, I hope its okay now
Me too, 62yr ol woman - I feel so happy about any DIY solution that's quick and easy
LEGEND!! Till this day hes still helping people fix expensive chairs. Salute
Aww, thanks! :)
You've saved nearly half a million of us from needing to go out and purchase a new chair! You rock! Thanks!
Yes, it's quite surprising to me. I still don't quite know what the 'magic formula' is for what might make for a popular video on TH-cam. Now, if only the other videos on my channel would see even a fraction of the popularity and views (the majority of my vids it seems are lucky to get 10 or 20 views in total), then I'd have it made. :D
But hey, I'm thrilled that this chair-fix video of mine has helped so many people.
You got that exactly right. Superb "do it yourself" video.
I was already searching to buy a new chair.I will try this.
Awesome!!! Who's here in 2022. Just found this video....went outside cut a piece of 1 1/4 pvc pipe about 5 inches for my model chair and its done!!! WAHW! was even able to reuse plastic sleeve chair is as good as new again.
I like how a gaming channels most watched video is about an office chair. great tutorial man.
I guess the gaming people spent 99% of their time on a game chair.
My chair is less than 3 months old, rated for 300 lbs, and still sinks. I googled this tutorial, ordered the part on Amazon (it was like $2 with free Prime shipping, but I figured the extra $1 was worth not having to go into HD during the plague). Took me less than 5 mins to fix, and so far it's great! Thanks for the very helpful video!
Excellent! 😎 Glad it helped.
Tall folks understand that as long as the chair doesn't sink we don't care about adjustability. Great mod. Did mine today, cut the pipe at 5-1/4" to get all the height I could. Thanks!
Yes, you're right. I also don't have a need to adjust the height of my chair any more now that I have it set at the level I like, and I'm the only one that uses it anyways.
Glad my video was of some help to you. :)
Question I too am tall is the 5-1/4 the normal max height of the piston. If yes will have the PVC cut to that length.. and thank you for a great video.. always good to save money these days or any ole day.. :-) thanks again....Mystic... waiting..
I guess it depends on the particular chair model and piston used. I'd suggest to first let the piston / shaft fully lengthen (whatever lever on your chair you would use to raise or lower the height, but don't be sitting in it at the time, and then use that lever to set your chair to full height). After that you can measure the length from the wheelbase to where it meets the chair would meet it, then you can have a PVC tube cut to that length (or slightly shorter) and hopefully that should work for your particular chair.
i don't care about adjusting it but as soon as you do this, you lose the compression support so its just basically like sitting on a stool.
Nice thanks threw one away recently, just fixed the one I'm sitting on after watching your video and cutting a piece of pvc to size so actually did mine for nothing other than shoulder grease.
Went to hardware store they asked for garden or farm i said i'm rigging a office chair they chuckled hahaha
Good stuff. Hehe.
Lol! The guy I spoke with thought it was a cool idea.
Wish I had this several years ago before I bought chairs to replace the old ones, but this will be my go to place for when this problem arises. I like my current chair quite a bit and have no intention of replacing it soon. Thanks for the tute! :)
Yeah, I've gone through a few chairs like this over the years and it's quite expensive to replace a chair just because the pneumatic-piston is wearing out which causes the chair to sometimes sink. So I figured there's got to be a do-it-myself way to "fix" a chair with such a problem, and this is what I came up with. Maybe the idea can also save some other people some money if they try this method. Cheers! :)
my chair sank about 3 times while i watched this. thank you sir.... gonna give this a go!!!
Thank you! As an overweight woman who spends most of her free time gaming, this has been a huge money saver for me! :) I thought the tube wouldn't be long enough but it works great.
For anyone who attempts it, just be aware that once that first washer comes off, there might be a lot of cakey oil and grease inside the chair. It's messy and stains, so fair warning!
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@@gypsies0184 lol love yall
2 years of living with a chair I love except for it slowly dropping down... in 10 minutes you saved me some serious money! Thank you sir for clear and easy to follow tutorial! Much love from Arkansas US
Hey, that's great. You're quite welcome and best wishes.
"Serious money" confuses me. Are cheapo chair manufacturers adopting an ink cartridge pricing model for their gas cylinders?
I just replaced some parts on a Global Furniture Group commercial-grade chair I bought for $700 Canadian about 20 years ago, which now costs over $1400 Canadian, the gas cylinder was only $24.20 Canadian plus tax (at about 71¢ USD to the CAD), and it only took a rubber mallet, a pipe wrench, and a can of penetrating oil to replace it.
(Specifically, I replaced a worn out seat cushion, replaced a cylinder that only started sinking after maybe 16 years of use, and swapped to hard-floor casters.)
FAR easier then what I was expecting! Thank you so much! My chair wasn't even six months old and was lowering on me. Now it's the perfect height for my frame!
Wonderful! Glad it helped. :)
Same. Mine is less than 2 months. Driving me nuts.
Spent months going up down up down . . . reached my breaking point then found this video. Not kidding, QUICK, CHEAP FIX. A little tricky on removing that pin but I had NOTHING to lose. Sitting tall now. Thank you for sharing!
Glad it helped!
Hey Mystic Sword Gaming! I just wanted to say thank you so much. My brain can't even think about a simple fix like this, so finding this video and saving my chair for under $1 was nothing short of amazing. It feels like a new chair!
Thanks, and you're welcome. I'm glad it helped. :)
Looked at several different ways to fix a sinking chair. Decided on yours and it worked great. Word of caution, though. Please take note of how you take the bottom assembly off and the order in which the washers come off and go back on. There are several washers and they do have a precise order on which they go back on. Other than that, a breeze. Thanks...Tommy
You're quite welcome. I'm happy to know you were able to fix your chair and that my video helped. :)
Dude, you just saved me $200+, thank you!!! My desk chair has been sinking for a year, leading to really sore knees due to them being bent at a 60-degree angle for hours at a time. I happened to have some 3/4" inner diameter PVC pipe handy, and a pipe cutting tool (meant for metal pipe, but it works on PVC, too), in less than 10 minutes, my chair is like brand new again. I was ready to say uncle and buy a new chair, I'm glad I did a diy-fix search first.
Excellent! I'm glad to know it helped. Thanks for sharing and best wishes,
this is an epic fix. Can finally keep my chair at the highest position and it never sinks down.
Wonderful! :) I'm happy to know it worked so well for you.
Your tutorial was very thorough, far above and beyond the other handful of videos I watched to repair my chair. I like that you included the exact name of the tubing we would need, which is especially helpful for those of us who are not so familiar with the long, scary aisles in Home Depot. 😁 Thanks so much!
Hey, that's great. You're quite welcome and I'm happy my little tutorial helped. Best wishes! :)
My chair is 18 years old and I love the style of it. My husband was online looking for a new chair but I just knew there was a way to fix it. I live on a ranch so we had plenty of scrap pieces of 1" PVC pipe. I cut off 3", followed your concise and precise video instructions, 10 minutes later I was finished. VOILA!
THANK YOU kind sir.
That is awesome! You're quite welcome and thanks for sharing your story. :)
Thank you! Worked perfectly! A couple extra pieces fell out but they seemed to go back in - in more or less the same order, and the chair works fine! It's basically stuck at full height which is okay with my 6 foot 2 frame.
Appreciate the life hack will try this out soon
Thank you so much for making this video! watched it 3 times just to know how to remove that darned clip! I managed to D.I.Y. my own chair....may you have a long, healthy and blessed life!
Thanks you very much for your kind comment.
And, you're quite welcome. I'm glad that my tips here are helpful to some people. Best wishes! :)
me too--the clip was the hardest part lol
The clip on my chair was also a bit tough. It looked like his clip, but it had additional metal that was crimped so that I couldnt get the clip off immediately. Once I pried back that extra metal, then things were easy from there.
Thank the Lord for people like you with simple solutions to life's annoying little problems.
Glad it helped. :)
great video, i've become a bit of a chair enthusiast and this really helped me on a chair with a clip i was messing around with :D
I just used this tutorial 5 minutes ago. Super easy, straightforward, and no more sinking!! ^_^ Thanks dude!
You're welcome! Glad it helped. :)
Bless you for this. It fixed my chair perfectly. I had to order the part online, and shipping added $5 to the $0.90 cost of the part (the only hardware store that had it was across a toll bridge for much more!). The part (Home Deport, USA) also came with flanges which I trimmed off so I could retain the plastic sleeve over the shaft of the chair.
Excellent! I'm happy to know it worked so well for you. Best wishes. :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I’ve been struggling with my chair for MONTHS, unable to afford a new chair. My chair progressed to a fast-drop, which was quite jarring!
Thanks to you, I fixed my chair for $1.50 in under 10 minutes, after struggling with figuring out that I should release the hydronic to the highest position. Once I did that, it took about one minute to assemble everything again.
I’m 5’6”, and the chair at it’s highest position is perfect for me.
Again, thank you so much for posting this video! You’ve saved me and lots of other people hundreds of dollars and helped us DIY with a bare minimum of effort! I wish all my problems were this easy and inexpensive to fix!
Excellent! You're quite welcome. Thanks for sharing your success story, I'm happy to know it worked so well for you. Best wishes.
I have several of these chairs. Three gaming chairs and a couple office chairs. At least 3 of them started sinking about 6 months after purchase. I am tall and felt ripped off by the supplier. Thanks so much for this fix. It works and saved me quite a bit of money.
Yes, nowadays it seems some products are 'designed to fail' after a short while of using. Glad to know the video helped to save your chairs and save some money. Best wishes!
WOW! Thanks, what a novel approach. Watched a lot of other videos on this issue and all of them are about getting a new cylinder but I could never get the old one off. This solves that issue. And I never adjust my chair anyway so this is the perfect solution!
You're welcome! I'm glad it helped. And thanks for the nice comment.
Thank you, this kind of post is the main reason why TH-cam should exist. Very grateful.
Aww, thanks for such a nice comment. And you're welcome, I'm glad it helped.
Worked great for this 6'1" tall 250 pounder from Texas. Thank you ever so much. I bought a gaming chair and didn't even have it for a full year before the cylinder went on me. This fix was cheap, fast, and perfect. I never put the chair lower anyway.
That's great! Thanks for your nice comment. I'm happy to know of your success using this fix. Best wishes! :)
I think I used mine total for a month, then that sinking feeling. Hah.
6'8 300 lber teen here who is defientely in a need fo r this fix. got this cougar gaming chair for 369 and it starts sinking, 350 lb capacity . really... well I don't think it sthe company/chair, but rather the shit cylinder they used.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I had the same problem, so after watching your video, I tackled my own.
I could not find the exact same piece as you used, but I bought a couple of pvc connectors and they are working great! My cost was $1.67 and so totally worth it.
Excellent! You're welcome and I'm happy to know it worked so good for you. Best wishes.
Thank you for this! I'm fixing my mom's chair right now, just letting the coupling dry since I painted it to match :-)
Thank you for your video. I just did this with a PVC pipe (2") and I misjudged the length of pipe I needed. I forgot to consider the play when you sit down that's present in a chair with working hydraulics, so I made the pipe too long. Fortunately, a neighbor is helping me and we can just cut it a little bit shorter, but I thought I'd mention it here, in case others are measuring the chair at its optimal height without taking that into consideration.
Your video is still helping even 4 years later! Your fix worked wonderfully and cheap! Thanks
You're quite welcome. I'm glad it helped you, and apparently many others as well. :)
not exactly the "fix" I was looking for but ill be damned if it doesn't work great, good tips
Brilliant! I have two 3D printers, I just printed a spacer, thanks for the great idea!
Motovader72 haha nice
Thank you! Mine cost a whopping $2.97! Bought a 1-1/4" Sch 40 x 2' section of PVC at Home Depot and cut it to 4 1/2". The 1-1/4" inside I.D. slid over the cylinder but was small enough to fit inside the original black cylinder covers. So it looks like it did originally, just doesn't sink anymore!
Great! :) And you're quite welcome.
Brilliant! I was just about to buy a new chair after weeks of frustration. As a low inocme pensioner, and my chair being less than 2 years & otherwise in great condition, I've been trying to hold on with the (impossible) hope that the chair would somehow come good. Then I saw this video. Thank you. You've made my day and many more to come will be far less stressful than recent ones have been.
Wonderful. I'm happy to know it helped. Thanks for sharing your story.
Thanks for this! I cut 3" section off my metal hoover noozle (a Henry hoover) and it's worked perfectly
Holy crap i might try this! my poor pc chair is fairly battered in its old age
Yes, it's a fix that's been working well for me, and also as you can see in the comments section here, for many others as well. Instead of the expense and hassle of buying a whole new chair, that little coupling or piece of PVC tube can save an old chair. :)
done. had some left over 1 1/2 inch pvc in the basement. worked magically! Thanks for taking the time to make the video!
You're welcome. Glad my video was of some help.
This actually worked, I searched for that piece on the website, said in stock, asked an employee for help and got it for 93 cents, and it works!! Fits snug too.
That's awesome! :)
Just fixed my office chair for less than a dollar! Worked perfect. Thank you for sharing this tutorial video.
Great! I'm happy to know it worked for you. And you're welcome. :)
@@Mysticsword Help. I followed all of the instructions and once I put the wheel base back on, the center spindle was too short and did not reach through so I could put the clip back on. Help.
This fixed my chair as well. What a relief to not have to play the up and down game when trying to concentrate on work. Thank you so much for creating this video!
Awesome! I'm glad it helped and you're quite welcome. ☺️
OMG Thank you so much! This was really easy to do. I had a PVC from a long time ago. It only took like 5 mins to do. Didnt want to buy another computer chair. Thanks again
Excellent! :D You're welcome, and thanks for letting me know of the good success you've had doing the fix. Enjoy the new life of your chair!.
I just found your video from 6 yrs ago and your remedy still works beautifully today. Thanks so much for sharing.
Wonderful! I'm glad it was helpful to you. Cheers!
I got a DX racer a few years ago and I'm not sure what's wrong with it. The Base seems to have warped so the cylinder is grinding against the floor, and the cylinder will not keep pressure. I have need looking everywhere and I have no clue what is wrong with it.
I cannot even get a straight answer when I'm looking for parts. Will an officer chair cylinder and base work for a DXracer? If not where can I find replacement parts?
I'm completely lost so I'm asking on quite a few places.
In your case, from what you describe, probably the cylinder is completely broken and the bracket is bent so you may need to either replace those parts or consider getting a new chair if it's too much hassle to try to get it fixed (you could try to find a place that repairs chairs, but if the cost for that is high then you might just be better off to get a newer / better chair). Good luck.
imagine my surprise when you finally showed the chair and I have the exact same one :)
...and the fake leather splits on the side!
thank you so much-- you just saved me a bundle!!!!! my steelcase has lots of life left in it, and as someone commented below-- big/tall guys want their chair all the way up.
Hey, I'm really happy to see your comment and that my idea I show in this video has been of help to some people. I'm a fairly big guy myself, and I've been using this fix without any problems on my own chair for over a couple of years. It's saved me hassle and expense too. :)
Thank you so much for this easy and (super) affordable fix! One trip to Home Depot and now I don't need to replace my chair!! I left the outer casing on which hides the coupling perfectly. Great video!
Excellent! You're quite welcome. Glad it worked so well for you. Cheers (and chairs)! :)
This is a life saver of a tutorial. I didn't use the exact same coupling, but something very similar and now my chair is perfect, not sinking, and sturdy!
Excellent. I'm glad it helped.
Brother this was Genius!
I didnt have the coupling you showed so I used a simple piece of PVC that fit over the shaft and Done! My office chair is fixed! I am so stoked!
Thank you!!!!
You're quite welcome. I'm glad that the idea I show in this video has been helpful to some people (and saving them some money as well). Yes, as you've found out, a suitable piece of PVC tubing should also work nicely too. Now, enjoy the new life from your chair. :)
This simple fix worked great. My wife and I always keep the chair as high as it will go, so this worked great. I already had a piece of PVC that I cut to length. Thanks for the idea!
Excellent! And you're quite welcome.
Just wanted to say thank you for this video! My chair's hydraulics are starting to fail, and your video saved me a TON of money! Literally had a piece of PVC tubing lying around that works perfectly!
Glad it helped! 😎
This video advice works exactly as depicted. Note that the suggested coupling may not be available in store. However, when you stroll down the plumbing aisle of any of the major hardware stores, there are many bins of PVC and ABS fittings of the desired dimension. I ended up using a 1+3/4" internal diameter ABS tube of 4" length. It was a "T" connector with a 1" nipple in the center of the tube. Obviously the nipple diverter is of no use for this application, but the point I'm making is that its presence doesn't hurt anything.
Finally, this video recommends a 3.5" length. Since my chair is of the same construction as the video, and because I wanted the maximum seat height, I used a 4" length fitting and it worked perfectly.
Good job. Glad it worked well for you.
this is great. we need more simple solutions like this in life! great vid!
Thanks. I'm happy to know that you found this helpful. Cheers! :)
Really helpful video. My present chair is in very good condition, it is just that it sinks and I was very reluctant to throw it out. This video saved me from buying a new chair many thanks.
You're very welcome. :) I'm happy to know my idea I've shared in this video has been helping some people. And hey, you save your chair and some money (compared to the big cost of buying a whole new chair).
It works, thank you from Texas. I had a 2” diam. PVC, cut to 3-1/2” and worked perfectly. You may want to place the chair at highest level to allow the center cylinder come all the way through. It helps taking pictures at each stage if you have super memory issues. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Glad it helped
well I use my chair at the highest setting anyway...
if warranty doesn't do something I might as well drop by the home depot.
is there any weight concern?
I am around 350 lbs will the PVC hold (me) up?
Hi there. I can't guarantee anything, but I'm a fairly big guy myself and I've been using this fix for over a couple years now. It holds my weight fine. Best wishes. Hope all goes well.
great share, chair shopping just became poly coupler shopping! Thank you so much!
:) Wonderful! You're quite welcome.
I just want to say thank you very much from Vietnam. I fixed my chair magically!
You're quite welcome, from Canada. I'm happy to know the fixed worked magically for you. :)
Hello I just have a question if you put pvc or coupling to it and its not sinking anymore. Does the chair height be adjustable still like brand new? Thanks!
With it in place, the chair would only lower to the height until it rest on the top of the pvc part. If only one person is using the chair, then when the pvc part is at the desired length, then there no real need to adjust the height of the chair anyways.
My chair was sinking as I was watching your video. I had a scrap piece of PVC, shopped it down to 4 3/4 inches (for my chair) followed the directions and no more sinking. You saved me money and additional frustration. Thank you!
Great job! I'm happy to know my idea helped. Cheers, and chairs! :)
just bought a 350 dollar custom gaming chair and its starts sinking about a month later thx for the tip!! cheap chairs from china just don't work!!!
Joshua Hibbs what kinda chair is it?
Thank you so much. It worked. On both our chairs. We live in Mexico. Home Depot here had a part for about 30 pesos, (two dollars Canadian). You have saved us from having to buy two new chairs. Thank you again. :-) Your video was so helpful and thorough.
That's great! I'm happy to read success stories like this. You're quite welcome, and thanks for your nice comment.
Hi Marie. Would you happen to know the Home Depot Model and Home Depot SKU number of the part you used? Thanks!
You could also use a little piece of PVC tubing.
My husband passed in January from COPD. I honestly dont enjoy being the Man and The Woman of this house but I got tired of paying out so much money for piddly little things that need to be done around here . Thank You with all my broken heart for this video. Yesterday I fixed the freezer, today I fixed this chair that was taking me to the floor every time I sat on it. Bless you for helping all of us.
You're welcome and thanks for sharing. My condolences and prayers go out to you in these difficult times. Hang in there and best wishes.
I have liked your video, as a fellow Canadian, I have just fixed my wife's chair in the same way as you describe, it works perfectly and just saved me a butt load of money on a new chair, as she loves her current chair and has had it for 7 years. This is an awesome fix has just extended the life of her chair to probably at least another seven years or probably longer. I made a slight change in that I went into Rona's (A hardware store for, all you non Canadians) and spent $6.00 on a galvanized steel equivalent of the part you suggested, for even greater longevity for the chair.
Thanks again.
Hey, that's awesome! I'm really happy to read of your success story and that the fix worked so well. And you're quite welcome. Best wishes!
@@Mysticsword Best wishes to you too.
Fantastically simple fix that only cost $0.72 at Lowes! The hardest part was finding the coupling which was misplaced in the store. Really appreciate the detailed photo. There’s a WD-40 “fix” out there but it failed right away. Thank you for sharing this!!
You're quite welcome. Glad it helped!
Bro do you remember the model number or tips to finding that coupling in my local Lowes? Thanks
@@ShikhaSharma-ds9do
Genova 1-1/2-in Dia Polypropylene Coupling
Item #22536Model #350115
YOU SIR, HAVE MADE MY DAY!! I will at some point today be on my way to THE DEPOT to grab a piece of that poly or some PVC to fix my chair. No longer having to scour the web for a new chair!!! Ty soo much!!! LOL
You're welcome. Hope all goes well.
perfect fix, thank you! was so much easier than replacing the base. only suggestion is 4 inch tube seems to be just about perfect as opposed to 3 1/2, with the 4 inch it can only sink about 1/8 of an inch.
Not sure if this will help with my current problem. My chair's balance is all off. At first it leaned to the left, but some leaning centered it out. Now it's even worse, do you think a poly insert coupling would help balance the seat, or is this a different problem altogether?
Without seeing it, I can't really say. Possibly the bracket / mount part on your chair has loosened or become off-center. Try checking that.
Maybe using the method as shown in my video, the chair could be instead be resting on top of the coupling insert or tubing (depending on what you use), and it might "center" it again in that way. I suppose it's worth a try.
I plan on trying out your video tips for sure. There's a ace hardware store in walking distance of me that I plan to visit tomorrow. Will let you know if anything works.
P.S. ~ Kudos on this video blowing up, 20k vids!
Ok, good luck. Let me know how it goes. Remember if you can't find the coupling-insert, you could use a piece of PVC tube of around the same dimensions.
And yeah, for whatever reason this video became quite popular in a relatively short time, which for a small channel like mine is impressive. I guess sinking office chairs are a somewhat common problem (well, they have been for me over the years) and a lot of people can appreciate a cheap way to fix it. Now if only I can have more of my video become as popular. :)
thank you for this, just rushed out to the hardware store at 7pm to fix my chair i was so frustrated, it started sinking only after a couple of months.
Worked like a charm. Used 6" of inch and a half PVC pipe and now back in the game. Luckily I fixed it. My wife was about to throw it out the window..
.lol. Great video, thanks
Thanks great! And you're quite welcome. :)
Look, man - you are a lifesaver! I just fixed my chair in about an hour of careful progress! I used a 1 1/4 PVC pipe cut down to size and it works perfectly!
Nice work! I'm happy to read success stories like this. :)
@@Mysticsword still works, can confirm!
Dude, thank you for making this video! I had been using a smaller chair to stream and stuff until I bought a new chair, but this video helped me solve my problems.
Hey, that's great. You're quite welcome.
I was hoping that my idea I share in this video would be of help to some people, and it looks like it has been so I'm happy for that. :)
+Mystic Sword Gaming My knees thank you. Last night I was running street fighter sets for a few hours in a replacement chair that wasn't nearly big enough. Thanks again and subscribed! :D
This helped heaps. My chair started sinking, well, it was permanently stuck down. My arms were killing my trying to use mouse and keyboard while gaming. This worked a charm, and took less than 10 minutes to do. You, sir, are an absolute gentleman. Thank you kindly :)
That's wonderful! I'm happy that it worked so well for you. And you're quite welcome. :)
The clip was a pain to get back on, but 85 cents for the coupling instead of another 30 bucks or so for a cheap task chair works for me - thank you!!!
Good stuff. Cheers! :)
Omg!! And just like that my chair is fixed. From saw time to fixed ~ 10 minutes!! Thank you because I can’t afford a new chair right now and I was at my wits end with my chair which had a mind of its own.
That's wonderful! I'm happy to know it worked so well for you. Thanks for sharing and best wishes.
fantastic cheap fix and great video that is easy to understand for those of us who are not handy at fixing things. thank you so much for doing this video. ive had my $300 office chair for only 3 months and no way to get it back to the shop for a repair or replacement so i appreciate this video
Glad it helped. 😎 And you're quite welcome and thanks for the awesome comment.
Thank you this is exactly what I was looking for. I love my chair, and didn't want to spend much to fix it. cheers
I'm glad it helped. You're quite welcome.
Hilariously, that is my chair that i'm trying to fix. I didn't notice that the first time. Thanks for the info, brother. Be well.
Glad to help. Best wishes.
Nice fix! Many thanks for posting this. One note for taller folk: the poly insert coupling (as noted in the tutorial) is 3.5 inches. That probably isn't long enough for you to sit as high as you might like, so go with the PVC suggestion. I cut the PVC to about 4.5 inches. Worked very well. Thanks again!
Great tip! I'm glad to know it worked so well for you. And you're quite welcome. Cheers (and chairs)! :)
thanks for the help-my chair has been driving me crazy and i work w/ those coupler things all the time-ill try it out!
Thank you very much. I didn't have to get a tube, but I found that 2 washers on the gas cylinder were out of place, and that caused my chair to sink. Without this video, I wouldn't have realised that
Cool. :)
Literally sinking into my racer as I watch this
Thanks a lot from a fellow Canuck! This is so simple and cheap. The beauty is, if you throw out the old chair, you remove the pipe for use in the future. I also keep the wheels from old chairs as they are standard and great for replacements. I once grabbed an old chair someone threw out because of ONE missing wheel, I grabbed wheels off another old chair and presto, it was fixed. :)
Right on! Thanks for the informative comment. Cheers and chairs! :)
Thank you for this video! I was planning on buying a chair I didnt want due to it just being cheap because my current chair keeps sinking on me... then my wife mentioned "...there must be some way to fix that..." and sure enough the first video that popped up is yours... dang that was an easy fix! It cost me $1.50 in parts, only because I had them cut two different lengths of PVC for me to try (3.5" and 4"). The 4" worked best for my chair... and I was able to keep the post cover on because the PVC pipe fit inside of it nicely. 👍 Thanks again!
Excellent! And you're quite welcome. I'm happy to read success stories like your. Best wishes! :)
Brilliant! Thanks so much, I now have two perfect chairs for a tall guy. :)
You're quite welcome. I'm happy to know the ideas in my video helped you.
This saved me so much money - thanks man!
Hey, that's great. :) I'm happy to know that this tip has been helping some people.
I found a ZURN Z8969-4, 1.5" x 4" chrome tube for $10.74 at Walmart. No cutting needed for my chair, and it blended perfectly with the chrome hydraulic fitting.
Worked great. I bought a tailpiece for a sink of the 1 1/2 inch by 4 inch dimensions and it works perfectly. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. My chair was driving me crazy, always sinking. I lived with it because I couldn't afford a new chair. I didn't think there was a fix for this problem, then I decided to look on you tube, and I found your video. A trip to my Home Depot for PVC tubing, and now my chair is fixed! I really appreciate that you took the time to make the video. I would have been afraid to do it if someone simply explained how, but seeing you doing it made all the difference! Thank you so very much!!
You're quite welcome. And thank you for the wonderful comment, I was happy to read it. Best wishes. :)
WOW, I just bought a new chair. I'm so pissed LOL Thank you
Thanks man! This helped a ton I love it and appreciate the help. 4 years later and you are still helping people! :D
You're quite welcome. Wow, times flies. It doesn't seem so long ago that I made this video. I'm happy it's been helping many people. Cheers (and chairs)! :)