Project Patio 1-1/2" Wrought Iron Furniture Feet Cap Floor Protector Plastic Glide Replacements for Outdoor Table and Chair Legs (32 - Pack)

The feet are very hard to tap in with a rubber mallet. After struggling with it I used a little sand paper to remove a small amount around the edges and then was able to fit.

So I've been saving bottle caps to put under the feet of these wrought iron patio chairs when it occurred to me that Amazon probably has a REAL product to do that.. And they do!These gliders come in 1.5" and 1.25" and apparently I need something in between. Tried the smaller size and returned (not even close). According to the package the inside diameter of the feet needs to be 1.5" and these should work. However, they do not want to go in easy, and I tried all the advice people gave (mallet in one side then the other, align very straight and pound in correctly, boil in water to soften first), and I tried a few other methods involving cursing and breaking nails. Now, I'm NOT an un-handy person, I am telling you this is strangely difficult. The pieces are too darn big! IMO they are tapered in the wrong direction; they are flared out from the outer edge and get more narrow at the cap. It would be much better to install if that was opposite.I ended up grinding down the rim of the sliders on a stone lathe so they could get started in the feet. After a couple pounds, if they were getting mangled I then needed to push in the edges with whatever needle-nose pliers, file, or small instrument that would work. Eventually I got them all inserted, and in that time our fencers installed 8 posts. Sometimes things just can't be easy.I will say that except for the few I smashed in against their will (with a frightening litany of complaints) the more properly inserted ones are not going to be falling out of their own accord and the thickness of the plastic ensures many years of use.

Exactly what I wanted please read the instructions they are spot on. I tried without reading and following their instructions. They are corrrct

These replacements gliders were much harder to install than indicated. The instructions on the website were insufficient: Place them on the feet of the furniture and hit the glider with a rubber hammer or mallet. However, there is a knack to this procedure. If one side slips in, then hit along the outer edge on the opposite side, not the top, then hit the top of the glider. Once I figured this out, I had no problem getting them to go in. If you try to get the whole glider to go into the foot, you will most likely mangle one edge of the glider.

These went into the foot cups like a dream. I heated them first in a bowl with very hot water, then tapped them in with a rubber mallet. It doesn't require much force, a coupke light taps will do the trick, and if one was a little stubborn I rotated it a little, then tried tapping in different spots and at slightly different angles. Even the cups with small burrs on the inside and the one that was dented a little worked out with a little patience. Reading that some users of this type of product broke a few before getting the hang of it, I bought this package of 32 for 24 feet to be safe, and I now have 8 left over. Can't speak to durability, obviously, but they're not intended to be a permanant fix anyway. Very satisfied.