wd40 on a chair messed up the piston

[foxhole]

Where?
What did you tell them?

It’s broken

 

[Nige F]

Although you describe the moving part as a piston, some moving parts on chairs are actually sleeves on a rod, using friction as the resistance.
I think plumbers used to have something that remained sticky, no idea what it was called. This might be the answer.

Tallow

 

[Nige F]

What to do? Replace the gas strut if the existing one is kaput. Happy? One supplier is Dictator who can make any size/rating of gas strut you desire

A dictator with a final solution ?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Many years ago I bought a tub of Tallow cheap because it was cracked, I put it on my dash board only for it to melt and leak out in the summers day.



Andy

 

[Deleted member 174758]

A dictator with a final solution ?

Maybe. They really do manufacture gas struts and cylinders to order, though. Problem is that the cost of a replacement strut, plus the welding required to install it are often more than an office chair is worth (but different if its the tailgate strut on a Jensen Interceptor, however)

 

[TierneyV3]

Did u ever find a fix? I’m having the exact same problem and it’s really ****ing me off

 

[mattylad]

Replace the strut, they are only from about £8 on ebay.