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TIL my $400 barber chair upgrade might have been a huge mistake
Honestly, I dropped about four hundred bucks on a new hydraulic pump for my main chair thinking it would be a game changer for comfort and speed. For the first week, it was smooth and quick, a total win. But now, after maybe three months, it's starting to stick and makes this awful groaning noise when I lower it. My buddy says I should have just saved for a whole new chair instead of fixing up the old one. Has anyone else had a chair repair blow up on them like this, or did I just get a bad part?
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grantnelson10d ago
That groaning noise is a classic sign of air getting into the hydraulic system. Might not even be a bad part, just a bad seal or some contamination in the fluid from the old chair. A lot of those repair kits don't account for the wear on everything else. Your buddy might be right in a way, because sometimes fixing one worn out part just puts stress on the next weakest link.
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shanes6610d ago
Man, you just described my whole experience with my old office chair last year. Spent a weekend replacing the cylinder only to have the base start wobbling a month later. It's like the repair woke up all the other old parts. Your point about the kits not matching the overall wear is spot on, makes you wonder if a full replacement is cheaper in the long run.
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