Fixing a Lazy Boy Recliner - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

silent_jay · 03-23-2004, 11:18 AM

I have a 1976(approx.) Lazy Boy. The chair is in great condition except the back supports have broken and now when you sit in the chair you lie down instead. Does anyone know of a way to fix the back supports or of a place where I can get instructions or a manual on how to fix this. Thanks in advance for any and all help that can be provided.

Bossnass · 03-23-2004, 10:30 PM

I once spent a day carefully taking apart a lazyboy recliner to replace the same parts that are likly broken on yours. It wasn't a lever operated recliner- when you wanted to recline, you grabbed the arms and pushed back with your shoulders. Roughly the same age.

I had to cut the flap that covered the internals, but it was easy enough to tack back in place. The whole mechanism was pretty easy to figure out, a couple bolts, a couple hooks. The chair was made mostly of a hardwood, with metal moving parts. The uprights that were broken were wood, and pretty integral to the whole operation. I cut out and bandsawed approptiate replacements, had to drill one hole, and put everything back together.

A month later it broke again. My replacements were the weak link. The fucking thing went to the dump that weekend.

Your call. I never intend to try furniture repair again.

slacker00 · 03-23-2004, 10:39 PM

You just need bigger guns! My dad and I repaired his old lazyboy a ton of times. A bracket similar to that which you speak of was broken... we took another piece of steel cut in to shape in our shop and welded the beast on.

-- $2 for steel, $2 for bottle of water to put out the fires you are going to start with the welder (not to metion that we have an old stick welder), and you get a fixed chair!

silent_jay · 03-23-2004, 10:41 PM

thanks for the help guys i'll give them a try.

j8ear · 03-24-2004, 12:32 PM

I brought a twenty year old laz-y-boy brand recliner to the laz-y-boy furniture gallery with a similar hinge problem AND and an obviously abused broken foot rest. Both problems were fixed for free?

Took seven months but they were fixed no charge.

-bear

03-23-2004, 11:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	Fixing a Lazy Boy Recliner I have a 1976(approx.) Lazy Boy. The chair is in great condition except the back supports have broken and now when you sit in the chair you lie down instead. Does anyone know of a way to fix the back supports or of a place where I can get instructions or a manual on how to fix this. Thanks in advance for any and all help that can be provided. __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

03-23-2004, 10:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	thanks for the help guys i'll give them a try. __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

03-24-2004, 12:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
j8ear Gentlemen Farmer Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey	I brought a twenty year old laz-y-boy brand recliner to the laz-y-boy furniture gallery with a similar hinge problem AND and an obviously abused broken foot rest. Both problems were fixed for free? Took seven months but they were fixed no charge. -bear __________________ It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.

03-23-2004, 10:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	I once spent a day carefully taking apart a lazyboy recliner to replace the same parts that are likly broken on yours. It wasn't a lever operated recliner- when you wanted to recline, you grabbed the arms and pushed back with your shoulders. Roughly the same age. I had to cut the flap that covered the internals, but it was easy enough to tack back in place. The whole mechanism was pretty easy to figure out, a couple bolts, a couple hooks. The chair was made mostly of a hardwood, with metal moving parts. The uprights that were broken were wood, and pretty integral to the whole operation. I cut out and bandsawed approptiate replacements, had to drill one hole, and put everything back together. A month later it broke again. My replacements were the weak link. The fucking thing went to the dump that weekend. Your call. I never intend to try furniture repair again.

03-23-2004, 10:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
slacker00 Tilted	You just need bigger guns! My dad and I repaired his old lazyboy a ton of times. A bracket similar to that which you speak of was broken... we took another piece of steel cut in to shape in our shop and welded the beast on. -- $2 for steel, $2 for bottle of water to put out the fires you are going to start with the welder (not to metion that we have an old stick welder), and you get a fixed chair!