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Casters can help your office chairs become more versatile, allowing you to roll around on wheels instead of being stuck in one place. However, when your chair starts to wobble as you roll around your office, you might want to get your old casters replaced. Luckily, this is an easy process that only requires a little elbow grease.
- 1 Turn the chair upside down. Place the head of the chair on the ground so that the wheels are in the air. This will help you have full access to the casters on the bottom of the chair.[1]
- If your chair is too heavy to turn upside down on your own, recruit a friend to help you do it.
- 2 Remove a threaded caster by turning it clockwise. Casters with a threaded stem (basically a screw) will release once they’ve twisted out enough. Twist your caster clockwise to test out which kind of caster it is: if it starts moving in the direction you’re twisting, just keep going and it should come out.[2]
- 3 Uninstall a grip stem caster by lubricating and pulling on it. If it’s a grip stem (meaning it won’t unscrew), apply lubricating oil to the spot where the caster meets the chair. Put one hand on the caster and one hand on the chair leg, then give it a pull.[3]
- Use a spray oil like WD-40, which costs around $10 (£7.10) at a hardware store.
- Try gripping it with a towel or glove if it doesn’t budge.
- Some office chairs will have a swivel plate (a square plate that attaches to the chair leg) instead of a stem, though this is unusual. If this is the case, simply use a screwdriver to remove…
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