I brought this rather expensive office chair 1 year ago. Yesterday I sat down to hard on one side of the chair and know its like a buckeroo cowboy! It feels as if the chair is sitting on the pole and its leaning drastically whatever I slightly put weight on, so if I sit slightly forward it just about tips me off, if i lean slightly to the right it nearly tips me off to the right. What can I do, what part do you think has gone?
turn it down side up,,,ck for loose screws
turn it upside down there should be a set of knobs to tighten the springs
3+ options: 1. replace the gas cylinder 2. use a jubilee clip and fix it to the correct height 3. use pvc around the cylinder to hold it in place
I doubt the chair is ruined, it just needs some routine maintenance. Most such chairs have 4 screws which hold the bottom of the chair seat to a metal bracket on the top of the pneumatic height adjusting column [the pole you mention]. It is common for these screws to work loose, and often some actually fall out on the floor. I SUSPECT that this is what has happened in your case. It sounds like you have at least two [maybe 3 - left front and rear, and right rear] screws totally gone [on the side OPPOSITE to the direction to which it's ,,,tilting drastically... Turn the chair upside-down, and examine the four slotted screw openings in the metal bracket on top of the vertical support column. Tighten any loose screws, and get down on your hands and knees to try to find any missing screws. IF there are any missing screws, remove one of the remaining screws and take it to a local, neighborhood HARDWARE STORE, and get IDENTICAL replacements for the missing screws [and I always get 2 or 3 extras to keep in my desk drawer for when another screw is lost - it WILL happen]. Use IDENTICALLY THREADED [AND LENGTH] screws, and periodically recheck and re-tighten all screws.
