Fix a Sinking Office Chair For Less Than a Dollar! [Tutorial]

[@Mysticsword]

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[@Martha-ug2gh]

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!!!

[@Mysticsword]

Fantastic! Glad it helped. Thanks for sharing your story. :)

[@channelfor4578]

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...

[@alAbbasIbrahim]

i'm watching this while i'm sinking down no joke

[@floesimmons2878]

🤣🤣

[@ahadali5003]

same

[@eedensangel]

me too lol

[@BagManArt]

same. It's really sad XD

[@thedeleted117]

yepp

[@PattonGuitar]

You've saved nearly half a million of us from needing to go out and purchase a new chair! You rock! Thanks!

[@Mysticsword]

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 KZbin. 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.

[@bullittfanatic]

You got that exactly right. Superb "do it yourself" video.

[@bebetigre1252]

I was already searching to buy a new chair.I will try this.

[@jason3000tt]

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.

[@ChriisSky]

LEGEND!! Till this day hes still helping people fix expensive chairs. Salute

[@Mysticsword]

Aww, thanks! :)

[@googleboughtmee]

I swear the only reason chairs have a hydraulic height adjust is so you need to keep buying new chairs

[@4EyeFoxbody]

False. It's for guys like me who like to say "low-rider" when using the hydraulic to go down

[@yjsxj]

stop buying those $75 "office" chairs and they won't sink. Buy a 300 office chair and never buy one again.

[@googleboughtmee]

@@yjsxj wish I could find a nice one for $75, wow

[@pauloconnor2980]

As Peter Crenshaw, from the Three Investigators, would say:” I’ll buy a double helping of that”

[@MemeMan42069]

@@yjsxj my $400 chair started sinking after 5 months.

[@goldenknee2506]

I like how a gaming channels most watched video is about an office chair. great tutorial man.

[@benthekeeshond545]

I guess the gaming people spent 99% of their time on a game chair.

[@winfi8520]

me staring at the screen with my chair on the floor, disassembled, realizing i needed to go to the store to get a part

[@musiclover3493]

Me too! XD

[@Mysticsword]

Hope all went well. Best wishes.

[@lungz2982]

THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT

[@opiatezeo]

LOL I guess you never had one of those "Read all the instructions before you start" tests in school.

[@Rize4Eva]

same. heading to home depot feeling stupid lol

[@carolineboenig7777]

Even quicker fix!! ...This inspired me to take a quick look at my sinking wheel base and I literally took just a binder clip to fit in as a spacer against the seat pole without even taking the wheel base apart at all. Didn't even need to invert the chair for better access. I just slid up the plastic sleeve cover and spotted where a spacer would stop the chair pole from sliding down. One medium large binder clip worked, but I slipped in two just for good measure. I had to flip back one side of the wire flips on the binders so it would fit up against the pole better. Then I slid the plastic sleeve back over it and voila! A perfect fix in 30 seconds to a longstanding problem that I've put up with for 2 years! Unbelievable instant fix!!! I liked my chair too much to replace, but endured the continual nuisance of it repeatedly sinking all the time. Problem fixed!!!! Thank you for the inspiration to invent a fix of my own! More simple than I could have imagined!

[@Mysticsword]

Good stuff!

[@brauncowski]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! 😎 Glad it helped.

[@lynnherrera8376]

Amazing! this 62 yr old lady just fixed her own chair! I had the pvc in the garage, cut to length and ta-da!

[@Mysticsword]

That's great. I'm happy to know it worked good for you.

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

It is awesome because many people have parts lying around that they can use! I used a vacuum attachment round tube sucky up thing.

[@Vsbkt]

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

[@achamaisaac]

Me too, 62yr ol woman - I feel so happy about any DIY solution that's quick and easy

[@dronejunglistplatoon]

my chair sank about 3 times while i watched this. thank you sir.... gonna give this a go!!!

[@sidharthraju8800]

Chairs height adjustment feature wore out a couple of days back. Had a severe neck pain from using it in it's sunk position. Your fix worked like a charm, thanks a bunch

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome. I'm glad it worked so well for you. Hope your neck will be feeling better. Best wishes.

[@JennyfromOhio]

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

[@Mysticsword]

Hey, that's great. You're quite welcome and best wishes.

[@ssokolow]

"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.)

[@157preilly]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

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!

[@157preilly]

@@Mysticsword Best wishes to you too.

[@marlenemorton7197]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped!

[@SBG762]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

That is awesome! You're quite welcome and thanks for sharing your story. :)

[@DanielTPeace]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

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. :)

[@JPSamm2U]

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..

[@Mysticsword]

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.

[@M4KERB]

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.

[@GregsJulien]

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.

[@stevewestwpg]

Hey @MysticSwordGaming this totally worked! And cost NOTHING as I found a scrap coupling. It took me more time to go get my tools and find scrap pieces of ABS pipe and couplings to try out, than it did to do the job. Actual repair took two minutes at most, and I'm among the least handy people on the planet. Thank you for saving me from falllllinngggggg! I'll be sending you some $$ on Patreon in appreciation for this awesome hack you shared. By the way, I was able to keep the telescoping plastic sleeve in place over top of the coupling I used, so the chair still looks "factory." Bravo!!!

[@stevewestwpg]

Dang, I see your Patreon is closed, but I'd still like to send you a few $$ out of gratitude. Let me know how I can do that, please!

[@Mysticsword]

Thanks for the kind feedback. I'm really happy reading success stories like yours and to know that my little tutorial has been helping people to save their chairs and some money. I have just recently closed my Patreon page (they have ever-growing censorship and restrictions there, and I no longer want to be part of their platform). Alternatively you could give a little something via my Ko-Fi page. You can find those links on my KZbin channel's 'About' page; kzbin.infoabout Best wishes! :)

[@stevewestwpg]

@@Mysticsword , I sent you some coffees. Thanks again! Chair is working SO great. Stay safe and well.

[@Mysticsword]

@@stevewestwpg Aww, hey, thank you! Really, it's very kind and generous of you and I much appreciate it. Cheers! :)

[@EmmyBeanJewelry]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! I'm glad to know it helped. Thanks for sharing and best wishes,

[@kenanm13]

Am from Mauritius. Have followed your instructions and have used a piece of pvc. Wow works wonderfully and no cost.Thx

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped

[@mrbrokenmonkey]

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! :)

[@Mysticsword]

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! :)

[@maldst4]

It worked!!! Thank you. I recently hurt my back and didn't want to try and find a new chair.

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome. I hope your back soon feels better. Best wishes.

[@EmberWishes147]

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!

[@goodchristianboy7053]

Having a healthy lifestyle is essential for living a long life

[@gypsies0184]

@@goodchristianboy7053 "Judge not lest ye be judged" Matthew 7:1

[@goodchristianboy7053]

@@gypsies0184 I don't count that as judging

[@gypsies0184]

@@goodchristianboy7053 You go ahead and tell God all about what YOU count as judging. He might learn something.

[@helloyesitsme6554]

@@gypsies0184 lol love yall

[@slodown3670]

Thank the Lord for people like you with simple solutions to life's annoying little problems.

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped. :)

[@ReDaDillio]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Wonderful! Glad it helped. :)

[@RealJoeyImage]

Same. Mine is less than 2 months. Driving me nuts.

[@judithschrag7545]

Best solution on KZbin!!!! I have purchased the item. We'll see how well it works. You did a great job and came up with an easy fix! Thank you so very much!

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped! Best wishes.

[@quiquaequod322]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! I'm happy to know it worked so well for you. Best wishes. :)

[@LucianoLombardiMusic]

Thank you. For now you saved me $300. I messed up a bit with the clip on the bottom while removing it, but somehow I was able to re-assembly everything and it seems to work fine.

[@Mysticsword]

Great! :)

[@ShawnCraven]

Went to hardware store they asked for garden or farm i said i'm rigging a office chair they chuckled hahaha

[@Mysticsword]

Good stuff. Hehe.

[@PropheticKnitter]

Lol! The guy I spoke with thought it was a cool idea.

[@hdrider6726]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Great job! I'm happy to know my idea helped. Cheers, and chairs! :)

[@mariebeswick-arthur1189]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

That's great! I'm happy to read success stories like this. You're quite welcome, and thanks for your nice comment.

[@garydesesa7472]

Hi Marie. Would you happen to know the Home Depot Model and Home Depot SKU number of the part you used? Thanks!

[@Mysticsword]

You could also use a little piece of PVC tubing.

[@MWPiczak]

Very good video.....I used it to remove the old 'sleeve' surrounding the piston, leaving the piston arrangement and cutting down a sprinkler head from my irrigation system....cut this down to size, put it all back....worked....free fix. Best element of the video is the part on how to remove the bottom clip....without this part of the video, you can't go much further. Mess it up, you get to buy a new chair or find another video on fashioning clips....Well done. Thank you.

[@Mysticsword]

Nice work!

[@denniskelley3496]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! You're welcome and I'm happy to know it worked so good for you. Best wishes.

[@406annie]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! You're quite welcome. Thanks for sharing your success story, I'm happy to know it worked so well for you. Best wishes.

[@tommyloreto6458]

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

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome. I'm happy to know you were able to fix your chair and that my video helped. :)

[@nonsibicunctis]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

Wonderful. I'm happy to know it helped. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@faunsolo]

I just used this tutorial 5 minutes ago. Super easy, straightforward, and no more sinking!! ^_^ Thanks dude!

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome! Glad it helped. :)

[@elamaier7067]

One of the best video's with fixing the annoying problem of sinking the chair..So simple explained, obviously you are a smart guy....for sure....thanks Dan

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped

[@theifilmer]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Thanks, and you're welcome. I'm glad it helped. :)

[@bobbyc7286]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

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!

[@michelleschofield4073]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Hey, that's great. You're quite welcome and I'm happy my little tutorial helped. Best wishes! :)

[@rainynights8879]

I just found your video from 6 yrs ago and your remedy still works beautifully today. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@Mysticsword]

Wonderful! I'm glad it was helpful to you. Cheers!

[@Freelyx]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

That's great! Thanks for your nice comment. I'm happy to know of your success using this fix. Best wishes! :)

[@hazarathdragon1837]

I think I used mine total for a month, then that sinking feeling. Hah.

[@LS-jk3fk]

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.

[@katieanderson1583]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

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.

[@keefewest]

Thank you, this kind of post is the main reason why KZbin should exist. Very grateful.

[@Mysticsword]

Aww, thanks for such a nice comment. And you're welcome, I'm glad it helped.

[@peddy4015]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped

[@JoshuaBlood]

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.

[@bigmikefrompa.3063]

Thank you very much! That made my day! I'm gonna use steel pipe because that's what I have on hand! Paid $150 for chair last yr and it sinks 3 or 4 times a day,and do I get pissed off! Thank you very much!! Love it! 😊😊👍👍

[@Mysticsword]

Awesome! Thank you for the wonderful comment and you're quite welcome. I'm happy to read success stories like yours and glad the fix worked so well and that it saved you some money too. Best wishes!

[@bigmikefrompa.3063]

@@Mysticsword yes it worked great! For my chair, I used 1-1/4" pipe x 5" long. I raised chair as high as it would go,then cut 5" long piece of steel pipe. Put it in,worked great! Can't lounge no more,but it don't sink no more! Thanks again! Great money saving tip!

[@Mysticsword]

@@bigmikefrompa.3063 Good stuff! Enjoy the new life of your chair. :)

[@kerryplowman7484]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Awesome! I'm glad it helped and you're quite welcome. ☺️

[@pancakes4027]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

That's awesome! :)

[@univibe23]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped. And thanks for the nice comment.

[@Amyzgr8r]

Thanks!

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome. And thank you for the super-thanks. Cheers!

[@miznakatsu]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

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! :)

[@lindamacdonald4065]

me too--the clip was the hardest part lol

[@DustinHamiltonSituatedAction]

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.

[@GambitsEnd]

Was at my wits end with this chair, had some PVC I tried after watching this video, working great. Your video saved what's left of my sanity.

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped. :)

[@jerrymaiullo7928]

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

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome. Hope all goes well.

[@DuckMcKrush]

Your video is still helping even 4 years later! Your fix worked wonderfully and cheap! Thanks

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome. I'm glad it helped you, and apparently many others as well. :)

[@chuckfearnow587]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! And you're quite welcome.

[@tonp2284]

Thank you! My 6.5 feet 220 lbs body frame gave my office chairs usually a six month life span... tried this with a peace of metal pipe lying around in the shed, worked like a charm!

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! Best wishes.

[@jeffstevens4871]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

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. :)

[@brendaweidman3076]

Just wanted to let you know this trick did the job on my 21 year old chair thank you thank you so much

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! :) And you're quite welcome.

[@tomgoodman1312]

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!!

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome. Glad it helped!

[@ShikhaSharma-ds9do]

Bro do you remember the model number or tips to finding that coupling in my local Lowes? Thanks

[@tomgoodman1312]

@@ShikhaSharma-ds9do Genova 1-1/2-in Dia Polypropylene Coupling Item #22536Model #350115

[@bobmja]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Great tip! I'm glad to know it worked so well for you. And you're quite welcome. Cheers (and chairs)! :)

[@icamefromspace]

this is an epic fix. Can finally keep my chair at the highest position and it never sinks down.

[@Mysticsword]

Wonderful! :) I'm happy to know it worked so well for you.

[@HollyandSandy]

Just fixed my sinking office chair by doing exactly as you instructed. I couldn't get a Poly Insert Coupling from our local B&Q so I purchased a 1 and a 1/2" Trap Height Adjuster for the pricely sum of £2.54p, and it did the job. I didn't even have to cut it. It fitted perfectly at the chairs maximum height which is where I have it set to anyway. So "Job's a good un" as they say over here in the UK. So chuffed I watched this video. So is the wife, for not having to buy a new chair. So 5 Stars. Thank you.

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! Glad it helped.

[@dylanhowell4084]

I’ve shared your video with my daughters who both work from home. So no doubt they will experience the same problem as I have. Thanks again.

[@Mysticsword]

Thanks! Seems this sinking-chair issue is a somewhat common problem, so doing the 'fix' as I show in my video can help save the expense and hassle of buying a new chair. Best wishes. :)

[@davemitchell469]

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

[@Mysticsword]

Thanks great! And you're quite welcome. :)

[@DustinHamiltonSituatedAction]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! And you're quite welcome. I'm happy to read success stories like your. Best wishes! :)

[@KimchiiKnight]

Thank you for this! I'm fixing my mom's chair right now, just letting the coupling dry since I painted it to match :-)

[@PappyNet01]

Now that is using the old noggin! My old noggin is a little rusty, so thanks for the kick-start! In 2011 I purchased two office chairs, Endsleigh Executive Big Tall Chair #246-219/743-577, (one brown leather & one black leather) as a gift for my Father - my Dad chose the brown chair. I kept the black chair, which was a replacement chair for a prior office chair that suffered the same fate - sinking like low tide. In 2015, I learned that my Father's chair's gas cylinder sunk and both chairs were peeling/flaking - "fake leather" - and making a mess in the room. I had one chair reupholstered in marine nylon in the color peacock green, for a very fair price. The brown chair is in the garage with a sheet as a cover to prevent the "faux-leather" from sticking to your body and clothes. The peacock green chair just collapsed today! I will look through my irrigation repair supplies, but most likely I will purchase the Poly Insert Coupling. If the repair works for me, I just may get the brown chair reupholstered in a color (?).

[@Mysticsword]

Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck and best wishes!

[@steveclark1779]

Thanks for this! I cut 3" section off my metal hoover noozle (a Henry hoover) and it's worked perfectly

[@66biker95]

You may not see it after all the time since you posted this, but I offer a Huge Thank You for this video. _You saved me $400!_

[@Mysticsword]

I still check for new comments. You're quite welcome. I'm happy to know my idea worked good for you and saved some expense. Hope the fix holds up well for you. Cheers!

[@vikanhnguyen5269]

I just want to say thank you very much from Vietnam. I fixed my chair magically!

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome, from Canada. I'm happy to know the fixed worked magically for you. :)

[@timlong9160]

THANK YOU !! Just wanted to let you all know that I made this complex and difficult repair on my collapsing desk chair. I have been messing around with trying to think about how to fix it for months. And now with this six minute video I'm sitting pretty on Easy Street. Tim the not so tool man

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome. Best wishes.

[@chrissteinlage565]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Great! :) And you're quite welcome.

[@JosefMPjess]

Thank you for explaining how this system works and how can it be repaired. I did some slight modifications. I used 4” long copper tube 1/2”, commonly used for water lines. Advantages over your system? 1/2” higher chair, zero cost to me as I have a plenty of 1/2” water copper pipes... Nonetheless - no matter what I came with, it is your idea, and I thank you for that. Good day, smart fellow!

[@Mysticsword]

Excellent! 😎 Best wishes.

[@BellatrixD2]

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 :)

[@Mysticsword]

That's wonderful! I'm happy that it worked so well for you. And you're quite welcome. :)

[@mycraftingworldanna4142]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

That's wonderful! I'm happy to know it worked so well for you. Thanks for sharing and best wishes.

[@Motovader72]

Brilliant! I have two 3D printers, I just printed a spacer, thanks for the great idea!

[@juggyno7990]

Motovader72 haha nice

[@Kaidantonio333]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Nice work! I'm happy to read success stories like this. :)

[@Kaidantonio333]

@@Mysticsword still works, can confirm!

[@MarkSmith-pt7rz]

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!!!!

[@Mysticsword]

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. :)

[@EB64]

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!

[@Mysticsword]

Glad it helped! 😎

[@dianawalburger1964]

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

[@Mysticsword]

I'm glad it helped. You're quite welcome.

[@gloriab.7456]

Thank you Mystic Sword I fixed it!!! Me little old grandma. My kids raised the monitor up for their 6'2 height and me at 5"2 couldn't see the monitor well with my glasses on. I had tried pillows but I need alot for the sinking chair. So that got very old. Thanks again for an excellent quick fix.

[@Mysticsword]

Nice work! Glad to help.

[@LouieShowers]

done. had some left over 1 1/2 inch pvc in the basement. worked magically! Thanks for taking the time to make the video!

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome. Glad my video was of some help.

[@mshappygolucky4u]

As a person that uses an expensive office chair to sew from....I am currently at the lowest point...AGAIN! I usually sit at the highest position. I greatly appreciate your video!

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome. Hope it helps. :)

[@sstephe488]

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!!

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome. And thank you for the wonderful comment, I was happy to read it. Best wishes. :)

[@theskipper12ky]

I love your video. I was afraid to take that clip off. I ended up taking soup cans & splitting them down the middle then pushing them on the shaft & finally keeping them on with tie wraps. Thanks again.

[@Mysticsword]

You're quite welcome.

[@greegan37]

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.

[@Mysticsword]

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).

[@lindamacdonald4065]

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!

[@GraceNow1]

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.

[@jwinslow5661]

3.5" was perfect for mine. I used 1 1/4" Schedule 40 PVC. I kid you not, it took me about 3 mins to cut the PVC with a hacksaw and put it in place. Worked like a charm and I think it will for a long time! Thank you! (note: your grey looks a little more stylish than my white.. lol)

[@Mysticsword]

Nice work! Glad it helped. :)

[@elscarface1]

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

[@Mysticsword]

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!.

[@HudsonBarterExchange]

Thank you so much! I just saved a $500 chair!

[@Mysticsword]

Awesome! :) And you're quite welcome. Glad it helped.

[@bigdmyrs]

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!!!

[@Mysticsword]

Good stuff. Cheers! :)

[@mijalic1]

Great instruction. Thank you for the time and effort you took to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.

[@Mysticsword]

You are welcome! Glad it was helpful.

[@XxPANCOTTOxX]

not exactly the "fix" I was looking for but ill be damned if it doesn't work great, good tips

[@nancydenmark4873]

Thank you so much. I’m sick of dealing with my chair. My issue was I thought that I would have to find a 7” round clamp to fix it. Now I know that is just a cover to the hydraulic tube. I’m totally going to try this fix!

[@Mysticsword]

You're welcome. Good luck with it.

[@gktpictures6069]

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

[@Mysticsword]

Cool. :)

[@elizabethdavis8161]

Thank you so much! I have been "fighting" with this chair for weeks now! A quick trip to Lowe's and an expenditure of $0.81 changed my world!! :) It took me five minutes to fix! Again... Thank you so much!

[@Mysticsword]

That's great! You're quite welcome. And thanks for your nice comment. I'm happy to know you had good success doing this fix. :)

[@billythedaymaker]

great share, chair shopping just became poly coupler shopping! Thank you so much!

[@Mysticsword]

:) Wonderful! You're quite welcome.