How to remove wheels from a computer chair

The chair on wheels is convenient to use. You can easily move around the room without damaging the floor. But sometimes the wheels break. There are many reasons for their breakdown. Dust, carpet lint and other debris clog the moving parts of the rollers, leading to breakdowns.

Why do the wheels on the chair break?

Wear of the landing pin - the mechanism by which the wheels are attached to the furniture product. Large weight load on the rollers - during operation the maximum permissible weight specified in the instructions is often exceeded, the mechanisms in the wheels wear out faster. An uneven floor surface creates additional obstacles for the roller wheels, leading to breakdown. Factory defects are also not uncommon. You don’t need to buy a new chair right away; the wheels can be replaced.

How to disassemble a chair before replacing it

In order to replace the roller wheels or simply clean them of debris, you need to remove them. Anyone can cope with this simple task without the help of a specialist.

ATTENTION! Before removing the rollers, it is recommended to drop lubricant into the place where they are attached. This will make your job easier!

First, turn the chair upside down. Then, using a little force, pull out the wheel. If the roller cannot be removed, pry it off with a screwdriver. Sometimes it happens that the wheel comes out, but the pin remains. In this situation, pull out the pin using pliers.After this, the work of removing the roller wheels can be considered complete.

Due to a broken landing pin for attaching the wheels, a lack of locking rings on the rollers, or wear on the crosspiece plug, the wheels begin to fall out. We will replace the crosspiece by partially disassembling the chair. Turning the office chair upside down, remove the wheels using the method described above. To remove the crosspiece from the gas lift, you need to hold on to the gas lift and gently tap it with a hammer from above around the connection point. The broken part can be easily removed.

IMPORTANT! Rollers falling out is the most common failure in chairs.

In order to ensure that all parts remain intact after disassembly, you need to act carefully, without using excessive force. Then it won’t be difficult to collect them.

Wheel installation sequence

After removing the damaged rollers, we replace them with new ones. Just insert the wheels into the cross. At this time we will hear a click. The wheels have been replaced. If, when changing the casters of a computer chair, the crosspiece was replaced, then the office chair is assembled in this way: we install the new wheels into the crosspiece using the already familiar method, then we insert the crosspiece into the gas lift.

ATTENTION! The gas lift fastening on all types of standard seats is the same, so you don’t have to worry about its incompatibility with the new cross.

There are several types of crosses: wooden, chrome, plastic. The most reliable is chrome plated. When purchasing this important part, you must be guided not only by the material of manufacture, but also by the appearance. It should be perfectly coated, without flaws, with well-finished edges.

Surely the above tips will help you easily replace the wheels and avoid buying a new chair!