How Do You Remove Gas Strut from Bar Stool?

Gas strut and gas cylinder describe the same part: the pressurised chrome column that raises and locks a bar stool seat. Removing one is straightforward once you know it is held by a tapered friction fit rather than a thread. This guide starts with the checks worth doing first, since a wobble may only be loose bolts and a rising seat may only be a misaligned lever. From there we cover the tools, why working on a hard floor matters, and how to release both the swivel plate joint and the tighter base joint using a mallet and a hardwood block. We also set out the genuinely unsafe mistakes to avoid, how to measure and fit a replacement correctly, and when starting again beats repairing....