Step 7 of 7
Gaming chair step 7 of 7: Fit the side covers and the pillows
Press a side cover on over each recline bracket and fix it with its small screw. Then strap the lumbar pillow round the backrest at the small of your back, and the neck pillow through the slots in its head.
- 1× Lumbar pillow
- 1× Neck pillow
- 2× Side cover
- 2× Cover screw
Tools: Cross-head screwdriver
All 7 steps
Parts and hardware checklist
| 1× | Five-star base | about 70×70×13.1 cm |
| 1× | Seat | about 52×52×14 cm |
| 2× | Armrest | about 28×26×10 cm |
| 1× | Backrest | about 88×57×8 cm |
| 1× | Lumbar pillow | about 34×22×9 cm |
| 1× | Neck pillow | about 26×14×8 cm |
| 5× | Caster | no number in the manual · 60 mm wheels |
| 1× | Gas lift | no number in the manual |
| 1× | Dust sleeve | no number in the manual |
| 1× | Tilt mechanism | no number in the manual |
| 16× | M8 screw | no number in the manual · M8 × 20 mm |
| 2× | Side cover | no number in the manual |
| 2× | Cover screw | no number in the manual |
Tools you need
- Cross-head screwdriver · For the side covers’ two small screws (some chairs’ hex keys have a cross-head tip on their long end).
Questions
Which way does the tilt mechanism go?
With its arrow marked FRONT pointing to the seat’s front. Fitted backwards, the seat tilts about its back edge and tips forward, and the levers end up on the wrong sides.
What tools do I need for a gaming chair?
The hex key that comes with it for the M8 screws, and a cross-head screwdriver for the side covers’ small screws.
The chair will not go up or down. Why?
Check that the gas lift’s protective cap came off its button before the seat went on, and that the lift’s rod is pushed fully into the mechanism’s cup.
Should I tighten the screws again?
Yes: check them after the first few weeks of use, and now and then after that.
Safety
Check that every screw is tight before you sit on the chair, and tighten them again after a few weeks. Keep your hands clear of the recline brackets when you work the recline lever: they snap forward.
About this guide
This is our own generic racing-style chair, not one brand’s. Its parts and steps follow the way racing chairs’ manuals put them together: the noblechairs HERO’s assembly instructions and Corsair’s T3 RUSH quick start guide, which marks the tilt mechanism with an arrow saying FRONT. Your chair’s own manual has the final word on its parts, its screws and its order.
Unlike the HERO, which comes with one armrest fitted, ours bolts both armrests on, four M8 screws each; and its backrest goes on with the seat already on the gas lift, as the HERO does it. The sizes are typical ones, so the cards give few.
Sources: Corsair T3 RUSH (downloads).
The 3D models, drawings and text are our own.