A cup holder on the arm of a recliner solves a small problem that gets annoying fast, which is having nowhere to set your drink once the footrest is up and you are settled in. I spent more than ten years selling, assembling, and repairing recliners on a furniture store floor, and the built-in holder […]
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A recliner squeaking when leaning back is almost never a sign of a broken frame; it usually means metal is rubbing on metal at one of a handful of dry pivot points under the chair. The fix is typically a small can of silicone spray applied to the right joint, and it takes about ten […]
If your recliner won’t recline, the problem is almost never the frame – it’s a release cable that slipped off its clip, a jammed mechanism, or a dead motor lead on a power chair. On manual recliners the cable that links the handle to the ratchet is the most common culprit, and reattaching it takes […]