Stop all squeaks in your SecretLab Gaming Chair - or any other office chair for that matter!
Does your Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 Gaming Chair squeak? I will explain how to stop all those squeaks and creaks forever! Works on any Gaming or Office Chair!
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I've had my Secretlab chair for barely 2 months and it was already squeaking! This video is a lifesaver thank you so much
Glad it helped you! Cheers!
IM HAVING THE SSAME ISSUE NOW HAHAAHHA
Me 2 xd. Thx a lot again 2 month later^^
No even 2 months for me.
Same issue with the new titan evo , 3 month and the chair is noisy af
You are a lifesaver man! I would have to avoid my chair in the middle of the night so I don't wake up my girlfriend, but after following the tutorial I am dizzy from how much spinning I was doing hearing no more squeaking! Thank you!
LOL!! We all know how mean a woken up girlfriend can be, so I feel ya!!Girlfriend/Wife Aggro is the worse! Glad i could help!
I found a 3/8x5/8x5/16x3/8 rubber bushing at Lowes Home Improvement today. It was in the Grommets section in some drawers. Fits well so far
Outstanding! Thanks for posting the size!
I got my chair like a year ago and I have this squeaking for2 month now. I searched for a few days and finally found your video. Thanks a lot. No squeaking anymore 😊
Great to hear!
Ive been looking for a solution for this online for 2 years. Thank you so much for posting this! Fixed a 2 year long annoyance in less than 10 min
Great to hear!
Legend. Have a 2020 Titan XL and this worked a treat. Tried greasing it a few times to no luck, pulled it apart instead as per the video and greased all washers and the piston and there's not a squeak to be heard. Love your work, thanks for sharing.
Thanks a bunch! Glad it helped!
I've had two secret lab chairs, and this one only about 6 months when it was getting squeaky. I've put up with it until today. Found your video and fixed it in about 15 minutes. Thank you! Excellent advice.
Glad I was able to help you! Cheers!
Thanks man! Your maintenence tip worked perfectly!
Thank you my man, worked a treat and fixed a year long annoyance!!
Great to hear!
Had my secret lab evo titan xl 2022 chair for about a year and it just started squeaking about a week ago. Thanks for the video! No more squeaking over here now
Good stuff
Worked perfectly. Thank you!!!
I know this video has been up for a year now but thanks. My wife's chair was making terrible noises and distracting me from my work, you have gifted me some peace and quiet and sanity!
Thank you for making this video and saving my sanity! I was getting so annoyed by this it was driving me crazy.
You are very welcome!
Finally a video that solved my creaking noises! thanks soo much!
You are very welcome!
My Titan Evo 2022 XL started squeaking after 7 months, your video helped and it's quiet now :)
Glad your chair is fixed! Grats!
Huge difference. Thanks!
I've had my secretlab for about a year and 5 months-ish and it just started doing this about a couple weeks ago. I was worried because i thought there were screws lose but it didn't feel unstable, just annoyed me, I know nothing about fixing stuff lol so glad I found this video! Will have my husband help me with this after work today! It's driving me nuts lol
How did it go?
Had my chair for about 3 or 4 years now and this problem started after about a year and I emailed back and forth with secret labs to no avail and watched countless KZhead videos but this one actually fixed it !
Glad it helped you out. I'm surprised though that Secretlab didn't fix the situation for you. My experience with them has been stellar.
this worked like a freaking charm. Note to any person doing this high vacuum grease works pretty well too! this is all i had from a previous project and it works great!!!
This works! Great video straight to the point
Glad it helped you out!
Thanks brother it worked.
Absolute legend my chair is fixed now
Your Welcome!
This worked perfectly 🎉 thank you!
You Are Welcome!
5 months in and it started squeaking. Followed tutorial, and so far so good. Used lithium grease, namely Silesia Oil ŁT-4 EP 2 (from local PL company). Worked flawlessly. It also rotates smoother, bonus points. Just when he says pay attention to washers - actually do pay attention, there is few of them ones around bearing probably will have bearing use marks (like groves / engravements), silver on top. Rubber thing goes all the way down, and washer w/o bearing marks goes straight after rubber one..
Glad the video helped you!
I also got confused by the washer order -- I didn't remember the rubber bushing was down on the thicker part of the shaft.
Did the trick for me. Thank you very much.
You're welcome!
great video. Just fixed my Titan 2022. No more annoying sound.
Glad it helped you out!
thanks this worked like a charm
Your Welcome!
Thanks! you saved me from all the squeaks ✌🙂
Your most welcome!
Thank you! This worked for me.
You're welcome!
amazing - work as a charm ! - thanks a lot - stay safe
Thanks, you too!
Works amazingly.
Glad it helped ya!
Thanks man! That was helpful!
You are most welcome.
Man you are legend ! Thank you !
THANK YOU! 😅
i dont use a secretlabs chair but this worked perfectly!! thank you so much
No problem 😊 Glad it helped you!
Thanks so much for the video this fixed my squeaks! My rubber washer was practically ripped in half, but I' making it work lol.
A little more grease from the factory, and i don't think these washers ripping would be a problem. Don't understand why they skimped on grease on an expensive chair - whatever.
super helpful, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I used dielectric grease since it’s all I had on hand. It’s never damaged any of my keyboards so I hope my chair will be fine. Worked perfectly!
Glad to hear!
Thank you, you're the man!!!!
Your Welcome!
worked great! cheers
Great to hear!
Thank you
Thank you very much! My sanity has been restored :)
One should never loose their SANITY due to SQUEEKS that should never have been there in the first place. Glad this helped you out!
THANK YOU! was driving me insane on this (3 month old) chair
Glad it helped!
same dude I barely had mine for 2 months and it was squeaking like crazy. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with relative humidity expanding the metal
Thank you for the tip :)
You are welcome!
awesome worked great thanks
Great to hear!
Thanks for the tip. I also put blue loctite on my armrest screws bc I find the coming loose often.
interesting - hmmm
This is fantastic. My 2022 Titan XL started squeaking insanely loud after 2 months and its so annoying.
Glad you found this video!
I got distracted by the spaghetti mess under your desk 🤣
Oh man... I was wondering how long till someone would comment on that - lol... Im currently in the process of builing myself a new desk with better cable management. Might even release a video of it when completed to try to redeem myself from the spaghetti monstrosity. 😅
I have the same chair, and this fixed it - I used lithium grease that I had lying around from my motorbike.
Outstanding! Glad the video helped you out!
You may have just saved me $500! I was ready to move on to another branded chair. Great video... solved the squeak.
Excellent! Glad I could help you out! 🙂
This worked like a charm, thank you. For all those wondering. If you don't have grease, motor oil worked for me. Not sure if that is considered a good practice, but if you are desperate and don't mind to experiment - motor oil from the bottle for your car or motorcycle will do the trick.
Im not sure, but i would think maybe that motor oil might start to degrade the rubber washer over time. Not sure though.
Don't use mineral grease or oil with plastic! 😱 There are special plastic greases that don't react with plastic....
Thanks for your video :)
You are most welcome!
Chair started squeaking after about a year of use, followed this video and its like brand new.
Glad I could help you!
The fact that we pay for hundreds of dollars worth of chair and it squeaks after a year of use speaks volumes about the state of today’s manufacturing.
My washer is absolutely shredded. I'll get a washer asap. The squeaking is gone though! Thanks man!
You are most welcome! Glad you no longer hear that annoying mouse squeek!
Nice video
Thanks! Glad it helped you!
very nice video
Thanks!
Didn’t think it would work but i was getting that annoyed that I payed the money I did for one of these chairs, so I tried it. Surprisingly worked.
Surprisingly? I'll have you know I have a degree SQUEEKS of all kinds! ( jk )
Thanks to your video right now i'm sitting on my Non-Squeaky Titan Evo chair while typing this comment! btw be nice to the kitty~~~
Glad the video helped you, and "CoCo" said to "Thankyou for looking out for her"!
thanks
Welcome
Thanks very much for this video, really helped me out! Much like yours, my rubber washer was trashed. I have contacted Secret Labs and they are getting back to me. Do you, by chance, know the size and thickness of said washer so I could pick up a replacement in the mean time?
I did not until I saw your followup post! lol
It’s crazy how common this issue is
It's too-common in "ALL" office/gaming chairs... And something so easy to remedy at the time the chair is made. "MUST SAVE EVERY PENNY" seems to be the general corporate mentality when creating chairs... (or anything else)...
This works well, and not just for this chair. Now if you can figure a way to tighten or stop the arm rests from flapping and rattling about, you will have mine, and probably hundreds of others respect and gratitude, not to mention likes and subs.
I have been meaning to one day take them apart and see what i can come up with. Just haven't had the time to do so. But i'll get there ... eventually....
I just got my chair and within a week it started creaking really bad. I only had some WD40 on hand but that fixed it for right now with your method. Will get some grease eventually. BTW... We have the exact same chair.
Just so you know... The squeeks "WILL COMBE BACK" since you used WD40 - learned this the hard way myself... But once you get GREASE in there, you will never have to worry about it again. Honestly, I don't understand why the pistons are not loaded with grease at the factory - but - whatever.
@@Extermicide no squeaks yet.
Amazing, thank you. Any idea how to remove the squeaks from lombar support?
There is a youtube video by another content creator which shows him taking it apart and addressing that, but it actually looks like a scarry amount of work. Maybe when and if mine is ever bad like that, I'll give it a go and attempt it - but right now - I'M GOOD!
YOU LEGEND! Saved my 2022 Evo! it was so annoying to have that squeek only 6 months... all good now thanks to you... appreciate it so much! SUB"D!
Glad I could help, and appreciate the sub!
Great video! Thank you! What's the update with Secret Lab?
Contacted them, and they were quick to help. Instead of sending me a new RUBBER WASHER, they send me a whole brand new piston. I have no complaints.
Thanks for this! I just bought a Titan XL and worried about this happening, So i'll do this when i assemble it :) Did Secret Lab ever get to you about the washer?
I contacted them, and showed them this video. They told me that they COULD NOT send me "just the WASHER", so instead - they sent me a whole new replacement PISTON! Took about a week to receive. Was very impressed by the service.
@@Extermicide That's great service, but sooooooooo ridiculous How much waste for one washer...
@@Extermicide good to hear I'm having the same issue with my secret lab took it apart to fix the squeak and mine was in even worse condition. I'll be reaching out to them today
We have similar cable management systems
LOL - you mean "NONE"!?
@@Extermicide the only way to be, babyyyyyy!
Cute kitty
Thanks! That is CoCo. We rescued her during the pandemic, and can't imagine our lives without her. 🙂
Hello i was looking online and was wondering if vasoline would work for this instead of grease
Well, If the squeak is coming from your butt - then sure. But petroleum-jelly will do very little to alleviate the problem in the piston. Might solve it temporarily, but not for very long (if at all).
bamm chair is so fixed tks
You are most welcome!
This video addressed my exact issue. 1 week after receiving my secret labs chair it started creaking/squeaking. Secret labs shipped a new piston, but I wasn't really interested in replacing the piston on a brand new chair. This was the issue and it was resolved in less than 2 minutes. Thank you!
You are most welcome! REMEMBER.... this works with every kind of office/gaming chair - retain that knowledge, as it will help you again down the road!
I love you
I love you too(?)
Make sure you work your greased shaft in to the system. 😆
Words To Live By!
I have a question. Mines does not squeak when I am rotating in the chair, but when I rock back and forth it does it really bad and jerks a little. If you have any insight on that please let me know! Thank you!
I would take it apart as shown in this video, and check that your BIG THICK WASHER is in good shape. If its damaged, or you think the rocker or piston is actually damaged, then contact SecretLab. In my experience, they will do what they need to to help you get the problem solved/fixed.
Not all heroes wear capes
Any issues of voiding the warranty once you remove that piston cap?
Nope!
my dxracer started squeeking like 2 days ago after having it for about 4 years might have to get some grease later
Make sure to let me know how this process works out for you with the DXRACER!
thx man, my chair is silent now xD
Would dielectric grease work for this?
Will any multipurpose lithium grease work? I was gonna assemble my new chair tonight but I havent got any grease.
I can only vouch for what I had actually used - but in all honesty, I don't see why other brands of grease wouldn't give the same results. Just don't try using WD40 (oil lubricant) because that will only work temporarily.
@@Extermicide I grabbed some grease from an O’Reiley auto. I just struggled to get the bottom clip off from fear of breaking it. Not sure how stuff it is or how easy it is to break the clip.
@@bjcooper4365 The clip is metal, and wont break... Just need to wedge the flathead screwdriver in their, and twist a little to open up the clip - and with the needle-nose pliers, pull it odd. Easy-Peasy!
@@ExtermicideJust did my wife's chair. She had a plastic clip, however I could just lift the top of the clip with a screwdriver, and slide it out by hand. no pliers needed!
Can i replace the rubber washer with a metal one? mine ripped and i cannot find a rubber washer to fit.. thanks!
I honestly don't know. I would think finding a metal washer 'that thick' would be a problem all in itself. Truthfully, if you can't find a rubber washer, take a picture of your damaged one, send it to Secret Lab, and they will send you a new piston which will also fix the problem.
@@Extermicide it didn’t fix my problem and my chair is cracking and squeaking all over in the upper part but in the lower of it. Think my chair is just trashed after 3 years
Do i need the thick washer? did everything then noticed after i was done that thick washer was sitting on the floor broke
LOL - dunno... You tell us!
Won't this invalidate the warranty in case you actually need it? i am currently discussing with secretlab about this on a titan chair.. after multiple discutions and endless proof videos they decided to replace the hydraulic piston.
No, it will not invalidate the warranty.. To be honest, they would rather you be able to fix the problem yourself. But like i said concerning mine, i sent them the pictures, and showed them this video, and they sent me a new piston to correct the problem. They seem to just want proof that you own their chair before they start sending you parts.
Did they send u the washer out of intrest just emailed the uk office there now to see if they can send me one
Just curious. That much grease should be a dust magnet?
Naaa. Its all sealed inside once you put everything back together.
same issue, secretlab propose me to send me a new "piston" but well..if i can solve with some WD40 grease, would be faster and easier, and less "SQUICKY"
Just make sure your WASHER isn't shredded up.
Yeap 2024 mine has decided to do the noise
Just curious if secret lab sent you a replacement washer or not
Nope... Instead they sent me a whole NEW PISTON. Seems a bit wasteful if you ask me, but im not complaining!
@Extermicide That's awesome. Years ago I had called them because some stitching started to come undone due to the way I was sitting. They told me that they don't cover damage through normal wear, which was fair, I just didn't expect that the way I was sitting was what caused it. After that, they sent me an entire replacement seat base. It was the last day of my warranty. They could have done nothing at all, and I wouldn't have had a single justifiable reason to be mad, but they went and won me over instead. Glad to hear you had a similar experience and that they haven't changed for the worse!
@@DarkDay2012 I have nothing bad to say about their support. If anything, I'd say they go a little "over board" (like sending me a whole new piston to replace a damaged rubber washer). I'm actually surprised (and happy) that they took care of you in that fashion. I would expect them to fix an INTERNAL PISTON PROBLEM, but exterior wear-n-tear, that surprises me - but again makes me happy to see that they go above and beyond.
Did secret lab ever get back to you about the rubber washer?
They sent me a whole new piston. Great customer service, but kind-of a waste sending a whole new piston instead of a $1.00 rubber washer...
If you are someone with a cheap Amazon chair sometimes it's easier to just buy a new hydraulic piston for like 25 bucks
lol - didnt even know that was a option - but sure!
@@Extermicide also the pistons work on almost all chairs since they are typically universal
wait, that is not going to fix the lumbar support squeaks tho ? right?
No.... that is a whole different issue. Secretlab suggests to people (to solve this) to 'EXTEND THE LOMBAR ALL THE WAY OUT', and then 'RAISE and LOWER it all the way several times' to stretch it out. This corrected the problem for me like a charm. The only thing I would keep in mind is that if your adjusting your lumbar, lean forward a little bit to get your body weight off of it while you make adjustments. If you are leaned back while making the adjustments, you will put too much pressure on the lumbar while you move it, and could damage it internally. Lean forward, adjust, lean back, see how it feels, lean forward, adjust some more, lean back, see how it feels.
Did Secretlab get back to you about replacing the washer?
yes.. they couldnt replace just the WASHER, so they replaced the ENTIRE PISTON instead!
@Extermicide I suppose it win for more new parts lol
I had the same damaged rubber, contacted support, they send me a new piston.
Does not surprise me. The lack of grease in the piston to begin with could have been easily taken care of on their end - and i'm sure putting a little more grease into the piston from the start would have been cheaper for them then to replace the whole piston for people. Hell, you would think they could have sent just the rubber washer (would have still been cheaper)... But regardless, I must say that I am impressed with their speedy customer service in solving the problem.
@@Extermicide i wil open new replacement piston anyways and grease ir.
I'm just wondering when the chair softens up.
the chair "WON'T" soften up. It is designed to be this firmness. You have to give your body a chance to adjust to this firmness, ESPECIALLY if in the past you have used nothing but CUSHY EXECUTIVE type chairs. And if your body doesn't adjust, that's ok, everyone's body is different, and this might not be the chair for your body.
legend 🤲🤲🤲 so happy the squeak is gone😉
I'll Bet! Enjoy!
Can I use WD40 please?
WD40 Grease, sure. The spray lubricant however will only help temporarily.
Does wd40 also work?
The spray oil, only temporally. The squeaks will return over time. WD-40 Lithium Grease however would do the job fine.
i am sorry.. i felt your hard breathing
Brillient, there is no such thing as to much greas, regarding the washers, its suppost to bee metal bearing cage ( the nylon/plastik thingi with ballbearings), then mettal again the upper one likes to stick to the chair base. CLEAN them atleast with a tissue, also the mettal washers are the gliding surface for the ballbearings make shure the grove ist pointing towards the plastik thingi
Well Said! LOL