How to clean office chair caster wheels

[@mjremy2605]

1. No music - what joy! I would turn off that high speed radio in the back. Silence is golden. 2. No intro BS. More joy!!! 3. Direct, fast, effective. Excellent. Many thanks!

[@kaister901]

Absolutely agreed! Hard to come buy tutorial videos that get straight to the point.

[@whydontyougetlost]

Thanks - I found this really helpful. It was a bit of a battle with different spanners etc and I needed a hammer to get the centre pin out after I'd removed one wheel -but this gave the confidence to know it was worth trying before resorting to buying new castors. My castors are slightly different -they are autolocking when the chair is not in use. Between the wheels is a square piece of plastic -in the past I've tried (unsuccessfully) to lever out which was never going to work!. What I discovered is that the axle goes through this plastic behind which is a strong spring. This is the reason I needed the hammer. It also made it difficult to reassemble as I had to push the plastic down in order to get the axel back through. But it worked - the thing that took longest was finding the plastic and spring from the first one which sprang off at speed in different directions when I I got the axle out as I wasn't expecting it. For the rest I managed to contain them -but they did come out from some force but so be careful!

[@Psoft82]

Looks like you had a more complicated caster system. Glad that everything came together.

[@mauriceesguerraThePatriot]

Nice video I would also suggest adding a little 3 in 1 oil , WD-40, Axel Grease or any good lubricant on the metal rod that holds the wheels to keep it lubricated and cut down on friction . Thank you and God bless :) 😁👍🥳🛼

[@asantos4069]

powdered graphite is the better option to keep them lubricated...

[@maripogi7]

This makes it look easy. I can't seem to get the two wheel pieces off the center plastic that holds them. One video suggested leaving the wheel on the overturned chair, as many people do not have this stationary board with holes to work on. Nor do we have the gadget that seems to somehow hold that plastic piece in the center (between the two wheels) so that the person can successfully pry one wheel piece off with a wrench. And, lastly, when you made the video, did you find that women, who generally have less strength in their hands, can pry these wheels open?

[@Psoft82]

Sometimes you can't disassemble a wheel because of its design. Sometimes it can break. This video can be useful for the remaining 90% of viewers who have the ability and desire to do it themselves. Otherwise, we can always buy new wheels. Good luck!

[@jasmijn697]

A second wrench works fine in place of the gadget. I put both wrenches either side of the two wheel pieces. I then held down one and pried the other which successfully popped off the wheel piece. I used a clamp and a wrench again to pry the second piece off, but its kind of hard to explain, you just need to get creative. I did this for all 5 wheels by myself, you can definitely do this as a women.

[@Video2Webb]

@@Psoft82 It would be handy to have a video showing which wheels can be disassembled and which can't. I had to buy new ones as I could not see a way of getting the wheels opened up with my tools to hand, especially without aids like your holes in a board/table at a good height! But how it bugs me to throw out perfectly good manufactured items that have years more of life but cannot be maintained easily... Anyway, thank you for this video as it is very helpful, for the future!

[@NatxoSorolla]

I did it with a simple screwdriver...

[@norbertnagy5514]

Some wheels yo cant get off even if you do it with a simple screwdriver, its not skill issue

[@andthesunsets]

Excellent video. Very helpful. Thanks.

[@ewabenali6369]

Dziękuję, mój ulubiony fotel do pracy uratowany 😀

[@fitspirit]

I can't get the wheels off... I wonder if this works for Ikea office chair castors. They look very much like yours do. How do I know if they can come off or I am just not doing it right? Also is there a way to know which wheel will be coming off first? I could focus my prying action on that wheel but both look the same to me..

[@Psoft82]

@@fitspirit sometimes they brake instead of comming off. Try to do it with more force. Either you will brake tham and buy new or you will succede.

[@shibainu2528]

I can't tell if the video is sped up or not, so I am imagining an extremely caffeinated person who hasn't slept in 3 days just violently-yet-carefully disassembling and cleaning their office chair's wheels, either due to them wanting to do an activity or due to the wheels getting stuck *slightly* too often.

[@Psoft82]

Thanks for an interesting point of wiew 😊

[@carolinenieto4494]

The best ! Thanks !

[@akmt123]

My 10 years old chair wheel assembly doesn't come out....u just pulled them off????

[@demej00]

I used a hammer claw. Pops right off without even taking caster off of chair.

[@dilipnimkar7935]

Whil can clean by water

[@dilipnimkar7935]

But thanks for vdio

[@alejomagno8504]

After cleaning them, the casters come out :c Any ideas on how to avoid that? :c

[@Psoft82]

Have no such experience. It seems to me, that there might be diferent construction method.

[@ЛюдмилаЕмельянова-н4и]

Спасибо!❤

[@ameliagfawkes512]

I came here looking to take the wheels off to get at the dust right inside and saw how filthy these ones are. I reckon I'll just get a small brush and the hoover nozzle in and not even bother trying to take them off, since there is no build up like this. Thanks for that. PS I suspect the office needs a good scrub.

[@SirGregoryPageTurner]

No pets, no hair. Golden Retrievers are the worst.

[@bomaite1]

Just put the torch on those wheels. That hair will come right off. I liked using the ruler as a scraper. I don't think I will be doing that, though. I like using tools for the job they were intended, like the torch.

[@Psoft82]

I'm afraid it will smell badly and its not safe with a torch.

[@CmdrTigerKing]

K I got my chair oh it’s over?

[@NatxoSorolla]

Les rodes ho estaven demanant a crits :)

[@Kawthar55]

Sorry but why did you use the roller to scrape the wheels I didn’t get it 🥲

[@Psoft82]

To get dust off the wheels 😉

[@Jumbernaut]

Faster Faster Faster FASTER!!!

[@deepfriedmarsbars4355]

alcohol + lighter

[@Psoft82]

What abbout the smell😉😳

[@SirGregoryPageTurner]

@@Psoft82 You won't smell anything after drinking some of the alcohol.

[@akmt123]

No talking and no Music???

[@NETHA_ji]

Or simply buy new wheels

[@misty7005]

why the fuck would you buy new wheels

[@NETHA_ji]

@@misty7005 nikal ❤️dey

[@dvojsk]

Or a new chair. The sky is the limit 😂

[@SirGregoryPageTurner]

@@misty7005 I think the question you were looking for was this: "What's the advantage of new casters over just cleaning the old ones?" See, expletive is superfluous and without it you're likely to get a courteous reply. But I can see you need help, so here's my take... Because the original casters are generally rubbish they're not worth the trouble cleaning them, particularly when new ones are not expensive. Choose new casters based on the office floor. I use the ones that look like rollerblade wheels. Rubber tyre that rolls instead of slides over timber. So much nicer. You'll be more productive if you spend more than a few minutes a day at the desk.

[@monabrown2294]

Checked out the price of wheels in Walmart. $6 each times 5=$30