Steelcase 468 User manual

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93950xxxx Rev A
468 - Please Chair
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Page
2 Assembled 2 pieces Back & Bracket
3  Handle Kit without Headrest
4 Handle Kit with Headrest
5 Handle
6 Lower Cover Kit
7 Upholstered Seat & Screws
8 Adjustable Arms without Attaching Bar
9 Adjustable Arm Assembly
10 Plastic Arm Cap
11 Seat Depth Adjustment
12  Tilt Tension Button
13 Lumbar Support Adj. Handle & Back Lock Handle
14 Hub Cover and Base End Cap
15 Complete Headrest & Screws
6mm
Table of Contents

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93950xxxx Rev A
Assembled 2 Pieces
Back and Bracket
1. Remove pin.
2. Rock the back forward.
3. Remove 2 screws and hardware.
4. Remove screw on each handle.
5. Remove the assembled 2 pieces
back and bracket.
6. Place the new assembled 2 pieces
back and bracket between the handles
and secure with screws.
7. Replace the hardware and screws.
Rock the back and replace the pin.
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5
3
4

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93950xxxx Rev A
Handle Kit Without Headrest
1. Remove pin.
2. Rock the back forward.
3. Remove 2 screws and hardware.
4. Remove handle, slide, and plastic guide.
5. Replace plastic guide, slide, and handle.
6. Replace hardware and pin.
7. Rock the back and replace handle.
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4
2
PLASTIC GUIDE
PUSH HERE ON
EACH SIDE TO
REMOVE PLASTIC
GUIDE
3

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93950xxxx Rev A
Handle Kit With Headrest
1. Remove pin.
2. Rock the back forward.
3. Remove 2 screws and
 hardware and headrest.
4. Remove handle, slide, and plastic guide.
5. Replace plastic guide, slide, and handle.
6. Replace the headrest and the hardware.
7. Rock the back and replace handle.
1
4
2
3
PLASTIC GUIDE
PUSH HERE ON
EACH SIDE TO
REMOVE PLASTIC
GUIDE

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93950xxxx Rev A
Handle
1. Remove pin.
2. Rock the back forward.
3. Extract the old handle and insert
 the new handle.
4. Rock the back and replace the pin.
1
3
2

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93950xxxx Rev A
Lower Cover Kit
1. Remove pin.
2. Rock the back forward.
3. Extract the handle.
4. Use a flat blade screwdriver between
the two (2) covers and remove the lower  
cover.
5. Extract the upper cover.
6. Insert a new upper cover and clip it with the
lower cover.
7. Rock the back and replace handle and pin.
3
2
4
4
5
5
1
UPPER
COVER
LOWER
COVER

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93950xxxx Rev A
Upholstered Seat And Screws
1. Remove the eight (8) screws and
remove the seat.
2. Replace the seat. Don't forget the eight (8)
washers between the seat and the seat's slides.

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93950xxxx Rev A
Adjustable Arms
without Attaching Bar
1. Put the arm in the highest position.
2. Remove the plastic cover.
3. Insert flat-blade screwdriver
in the arm tube.
4. Remove the plastic arm cap.
5. Remove three (3) screws.
6. Reassemble a new plain arm.
7. Insert the new plain arm in the
arm bracket.
3
4
5
1 2
USE AS LEVER
TO MOVE WHILE
LIFTING ARM CAP

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93950xxxx Rev A
Adjustable Arm Assembly
1. Remove the eight (8) screws and
remove the seat.
2. Remove the three (3) screws.
3. Place the new pair of adjustale assembled
plain arm and screw the three (3) screws.
4. Replace the seat. Don't forget the eight (8)
washers between the seat and the seat's side.
1
2

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93950xxxx Rev A
Plastic Arm Cap
1. Remove screw to remove arm cap.
2. Replace arm's notch in the rib and secure
with screw.
1 2

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93950xxxx Rev A
Seat Depth Adjustment
1. Remove the eight (8) screws and
remove the seat cushion.
2. Remove the two (2) plastic slides.
3. Remove three (3) screws, plastic bearing and
lever from seat cushion.
4. Insert the spring in the metallic lever.
5. Position the metallic lever and spring on the
cushion. Replace the plastic bearing and three
(3) screws.
6. Reassemble the cushion to frame. Don't
forget the eight (8) washers between cushion and
seat slide.
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3
2
PLASTIC BEARING

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93950xxxx Rev A
Tilt Tension Button
1. Hit the tilt tension buton with a rubber mallet
to remove.
2. Replace with new button and push it on with
mallet.
HIT ON THE
INTERNAL SIDE

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93950xxxx Rev A
Lumbar Support
Adjustment Handle
1. Hit the lumbar support adjustment handle
with a rubber mallet to remove.
2. Replace with new handle and push it on with
mallet.
HIT ON THE
INTERNAL SIDE
Back Lock Handle
1. Hit the back lock handle with a rubber mallet
to remove.
2. Replace with new handle and push it on with
mallet.
HIT ON THE
INTERNAL SIDE

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93950xxxx Rev A
Hub Cover
1. Use a flat blade screwdriver to remove the
clip and the washer.
2. Remove the assembled base.
3. Extract the hub cover and place a
 new hub cover.
4. Reassemble the base, the washer, and clip.
Base End Cap
1. Remove caster(s).
2. Hit the base end cap with a mallet to remove
it from it's socket.
3. Insert the new base end cap.
4. Replace the caster(s).
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HIT HERE WITH
A HAMMER

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93950xxxx Rev A
Complete Headrest and Screw
1. Remove pin.
2. Rock the back forward.
3. Remove the two (2) screws.
4. Remove the headrest.
5. Place the new headrest.
6. Replace hardware screws. Insert the
headrest's slide as shown.
7. Replace the pin.
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3
4
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