trying to replace my chair cylinder has been an ordeal.
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trying to replace my chair cylinder has been an ordeal. turns out most everything is standardized *except* the length of the cylinder. so the removal kit and replacement cylinder i ordered made my chair too tall, and what i should have ordered is a "short" cylinder instead of a "universal fit" one. of course i find this out after already installing it... so i need to struggle again. might order a rubber mallet and maybe a pipe wrench on top of a new "short" cylinder. not looking forward to it!
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trying to replace my chair cylinder has been an ordeal. turns out most everything is standardized *except* the length of the cylinder. so the removal kit and replacement cylinder i ordered made my chair too tall, and what i should have ordered is a "short" cylinder instead of a "universal fit" one. of course i find this out after already installing it... so i need to struggle again. might order a rubber mallet and maybe a pipe wrench on top of a new "short" cylinder. not looking forward to it!
update: waste of time and money and energy. the new cylinder is stuck in the new base. i need to buy a second new base for the new short cylinder...
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update: waste of time and money and energy. the new cylinder is stuck in the new base. i need to buy a second new base for the new short cylinder...
$220 in the hole and i really should have put that money toward an entirely new chair. not sure how much i can return...
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$220 in the hole and i really should have put that money toward an entirely new chair. not sure how much i can return...
the part that annoys me the most is that multiple days later i am without a workplace on account of no chair. guess it's time to dust off the laptop...
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the part that annoys me the most is that multiple days later i am without a workplace on account of no chair. guess it's time to dust off the laptop...
postmortem: i managed to return the following:
- pipe wrench
- rubber mallet
- dead blow hammer
- wheelsi am stuck with:
- wheelbase ($40)
- universal fit cylinder (refunded)i am using:
- wheelbase ($40)
- short cylinder ($30)so all told, that's a $70 repair and an extra $40 wasted, but mostly a lot of hassle and pain and grief. i can't really recommend it, but if you do, use either a pipe wrench or a removal kit to get it out of the chair seat, and make sure to get the right cylinder!
