LukLoy Fiberglass Patio Chair Spring Plate Replacement, 2.5" X 5" Universal, 2 Pack

My husband and son in law are big boys and continually blow out my rocking patio chairs. These are way cheaper than buying a new patio set and work awesome. My chairs are always like brand new, until one of the boys sits in my beautiful patio chairs.

Exact replacement for the original fiberglass leaf spring in these chairs. You'll need to use the old one as a template to draw and drill appropriate holes for your application. Works fine.

I have very old quality patio furniture and the original stress bars wore out and these filled in just fine easy to install and would definitely buy again

These fibreglass hinge/tilt pieces were a perfect fit for my tilting patio chairs!

Firstly, these are the correct replacement spring plates identical in all dimensions but requiring holes to be bored. Some tools and skills are required. I used WD40, a socket set or impact drill, power drill with correct bit. I recommend taking a pic of the base before removing bolts. On our set, each chair has 8 bolts to remove (4 directly into threaded base and 4 bolts with washers and nuts) and 8 holes to drill. Some of the bolts were stubborn and difficult to remove with the socket wrench even after lubrication. This is where the impact drill set on reverse with proper socket was useful. I cleaned and lubricated the hardware and used the old spring plate as a template to bore the holes into the new spring plate. I simply overlaid the old onto the new and held it firmly in place in a vise and drilled horizontally. Anyone with a drill press would find it even easier. In total 32 holes for the four chairs. Gloves are recommended as the material removed while drilling itches. Once the holes were completed, I reassembled the chairs being careful to not over-tighten thus risking the bolt snapping. Again, the impact drill made this task easier. Approximately 10-15 minutes per chair and all completed in about an hour. At present the chairs are vastly improved and the new spring plates properly remedied the tension on the chairs and we are no longer slipping forward. Hopefully this fix will last a couple of years at least. At a cost of about $20 a chair and 1 hour of work it is a reasonable solution to the problem especially since new chairs are hundred of dollars each. If these spring plates prove durable, we plan to clean and repaint the chairs to give them a fresher look.