vV

20/07/2004 1:14 PM

Best way to stop a sqeaky chair!

I need a suggestion or two for quieting a sqeaky chair. I have tried
wd40, silicone spray, white grease...nothing lasts for longer than a
day or even a few hours. This is an office chair with springs.
Thought I would try here first unless another group is better for
this? Search for chairs came here.


This topic has 7 replies

JJ

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 20/07/2004 1:14 PM

21/07/2004 1:26 AM

Tue, Jul 20, 2004, 1:14pm (EDT-3) [email protected] (Vile) wails:
I need a suggestion or two for quieting a sqeaky chair. <snip> Thought I
would try here first unless another group is better for this? Search for
chairs came here.

Let's see, squeaky chair (note spelling), woodworking newsgroup.
Sure, it makes sense to ask here first.

Wrap the squeaky part with duck tape, then get a grease gun, and
pump the taped up part full of grease. If that won't fix it, the only
thing I can recommend is, try offering it some cheese.

JOAT

We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
- Nanny Ogg

MM

Mapdude

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 20/07/2004 1:14 PM

20/07/2004 10:55 PM

put it by the curb and go get a new one.

Vile wrote:
> I need a suggestion or two for quieting a sqeaky chair. I have tried
> wd40, silicone spray, white grease...nothing lasts for longer than a
> day or even a few hours. This is an office chair with springs.
> Thought I would try here first unless another group is better for
> this? Search for chairs came here.

dd

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 20/07/2004 1:14 PM

21/07/2004 11:45 AM

Vile wrote:
>
> I need a suggestion or two for quieting a sqeaky chair. I have tried
> wd40, silicone spray, white grease...nothing lasts for longer than a
> day or even a few hours. This is an office chair with springs.
> Thought I would try here first unless another group is better for
> this? Search for chairs came here.
WD-40 is what is making it last for a day or so.. the WD-40 is not a
lubricant, it disolves the grease thats already there and is letting the
old grease do its job... try taking off all the old grease and then use
some white grease to reapply to where the original grease was....if you
cannot get it back together then throw it out....
thats what i do when things like that happen.. try to fix it and then
out it goes if it does not work...

vV

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 20/07/2004 1:14 PM

21/07/2004 4:52 AM

Actually I did get a new replacement base from the company for free,
and I can keep getting new ones, but they all tend to sqeak after
awhile. That's four of them total! Might be just a bad model, but I
do tend to rock a lot! :)

Mapdude <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> put it by the curb and go get a new one.
>
> Vile wrote:
> > I need a suggestion or two for quieting a sqeaky chair. I have tried
> > wd40, silicone spray, white grease...nothing lasts for longer than a
> > day or even a few hours. This is an office chair with springs.
> > Thought I would try here first unless another group is better for
> > this? Search for chairs came here.

vV

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 20/07/2004 1:14 PM

23/07/2004 5:27 AM

[email protected] (J T) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Tue, Jul 20, 2004, 1:14pm (EDT-3) [email protected] (Vile) wails:
> I need a suggestion or two for quieting a sqeaky chair. <snip> Thought I
> would try here first unless another group is better for this? Search for
> chairs came here.
>
> Let's see, squeaky chair (note spelling), woodworking newsgroup.
> Sure, it makes sense to ask here first.

Like I said I typed sqeaky chair and found this forum. Oh well
spelling looked ok to me at the time, no spell checking in posting
box. Unless there is a way to add that.


> Wrap the squeaky part with duck tape, then get a grease gun, and
> pump the taped up part full of grease. If that won't fix it, the only
> thing I can recommend is, try offering it some cheese.

Ok will try grease or white grease, with tape to trap it in.
>
> JOAT
>
> We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
> - Nanny Ogg

JJ

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 23/07/2004 5:27 AM

23/07/2004 4:17 PM

Fri, Jul 23, 2004, 5:27am (EDT-3) [email protected] (Vile) decides:
<snip> Ok will try grease or white grease, with tape to trap it in.

Then how will you be able to tell if it's rocking properly, if it
doesn't squeak? I always found a small squeak in a chair relaxing and
inspiring, when I rocked. But, maybe you're management, and don't need
inspiring.



JOAT
Every thing that happens stays happened.
- Death waxes philosophical

vV

in reply to [email protected] (Vile) on 20/07/2004 1:14 PM

25/07/2004 7:26 AM

Well I started with white grease spray, which seems to work longer but
still ends up squeaking anyway. I only wiped the wd-40 off as best I
can. Is there a better way to clean of the chair of wd-40 type stuff?
Or should I keep using the white grease until its more permanent?


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