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This short video shows how to adjust the tension of your recliner’s tilt back springs quite easily. Or see below for written instructions.
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How to Adjust Tilt Back Springs on Your La-Z-Boy Recliner
Did you know that you can adjust the tension on the back of your La-Z-Boy recliner? Adjusting the tilt back tension springs is an easy process that can help you customize your La-Z-Boy recliner to your body’s needs. And that’s what it’s really all about, right? Comfort.
DIY
So in this quick DIY video, I’m gonna show you how you can easily adjust the tension springs on your La-Z-Boy recliner.
So in the interest of adding flexibility to your chair, La-Z-Boy allows you to adjust the tension springs on the back of your chair.
Adjust the pressure to recline backwards
And so as La-Z-Boy’s chairs move like this, the leg rest and the back moving together in one motion, you can really adjust the pressure that it takes to recline backwards. So you can make it easier to recline backwards or harder to recline backwards.
So if you’re not familiar with what this means, here I have two of the exact same recliners, however in different colors, still the exact same make.
The Pinnacle recliner, a rocker. One has a tension that is loosened all the way so it’s really easy to push back and one has a tension as tight as it can go so it’s very hard.
And you can see in this video, how difficult it is to push it back. So now that we’ve seen the difference between a loose tension spring and a tight tension spring, let’s go ahead and break down how we got to that point.
Just need some pliers
Now before I go into any more details, I wanna recommend that you will need a tool. Now, depending on how tight you get with the tension springs, you may need something like a multi-tool because it’s a kind of a small area to get in there so your hands might not be small enough, and as you get tighter, it’s harder to turn. So the first thing we wanna do is grab your multi-tool.
Flip the recliner on its side
Second thing you wanna do is you wanna flip the recliner on its side because we need to get to the bottom of that box.
2 springs
So as you flip it over, you’re gonna notice there are two different springs on each side. So you got one on the left, one on the right.
So we need to turn these both in the same motion. So obviously just like a regular screw, lefty loosey, righty tighty.
Half turns at a time
It’s recommended that you loosen or tighten the tension springs in half turns at a time. So this way you can flip the recliner back up, test it out and see if that’s what you actually want.
Try it out
If not, you flip it back over and you do repeat that process. And you do this until you find the right tension for your body type. And that’s essentially it. That’s all you have to do. It’s a really easy process, but it can really enhance the experience you have in one of our chairs.
Replacement Parts
If you are just doing a simple adjustment you won’t be needing any parts. However, if the springs or any other part is broken or worn, please check our recliner springs and other recliner parts. Excellent prices and shipping all over Australia.