Taking apart an office chair

[pcdj]

I've received some replacement parts from the supplier of an office chair i have at home and i need to fit them - i'd ask the supplier for instructions but their customer support is abysmal.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to take apart one of those fancy adjustable office chairs that has a pneumatic piston for height adjustment, and allows backrest and seat adjustment via the handles underneath?

I need to remove the piston and need to disassemble the part underneath the seat that houses the arms for adjusting the seat position - i've tried taking it apart but alas as it was easy to slot together no amount of pulling seems to get these bits apart!

 

[wobbin]

Hi there

I don't know if this will help you or not, but here goes anyway...

I bought a S/H Kinnarps draughtsmans chair for a very good price, lovely piece of kit but unfortunately way too tall to go under my desk.

Eventually I found another Kinnarps chair with a broken mech. but a compatible base which was standard height so ideal, but I was faced with a similar problem as yourself.

On the Kinnarps chairs (and probably most other similar types) the top of the gas strut is tapered so that it's an interference fit in the seat squab frame. The way I got mine apart was to:

1. Extend the gas strut as far as possible. Very important or you'll never get it off !

2. A short piece of scaffold pole or something similar, and a big lump hammer were then used on the bottom of the seat frame as close to where the tapered end of the strut fits into the frame. It's a bit brutal but eventually the two pieces will seperate.

Once they're apart you should be able to strip down the mechanism as necessary.

HTH
Cheers
Robin

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Turn it upside down and unscrew the logical bits, it's not rocket science!

 

[ColJack]

photo's of the underside of the chair and the replacement parts might help us.

 

[big-all]

its 3 years old chaps

 

[ColJack]

it's PBoD's fault.. it was fresh when I replied... he's the gravedigger..

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

It was resurrected by a spammer who's post has since been deleted, PBD missed it though so ought to take himself down to Specsavers!

 

[big-all]

yes i saw the spam post
i think when an old post is resurrected and the resurrectors post is removed subsequent posts should be removed as well unless the content has added value which this one has none

i suggest the mods remove the new posts

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

never noticed
now the nearest opticians is.....