Patio Chair Spring Plates, Fiberglass Replacement Parts, 3 x 5 in, 2-Pack

After about twenty years of sitting out in the summer sun and winter cold, one of my patio chairs broke while I was leaned back enjoying a spring evening, dropping me backward onto the concrete in a slow motion crash. Fortunately, nobody got hurt. I took measurements from one of the good chairs and found these springs to be an exact match. A tip on drilling the mounting holes in the new springs. Clamp the biggest piece of the old broken spring on one (and only one) of the new springs. Do not try to drill both springs at the same time. Line up the corners and clamp the old and new spring together and drill the new holes in the new spring, using the old spring as a template. Then turn the old broken piece around, line up the corners and clamp it to the other end of the new spring and drill new holes in that end. Now clamp the spring that you just drilled to the other new spring in the set and drill all four holes using the newly drilled spring as a template for the second one. How you will have two springs with identical hole placements ready for assembly. Hope this was helpful.

Perfect replacement and for me a 175 lb person the 2 1/2" wide was good. If you have larger folks then you could do the 3" wide springs. Fairly easy replacement but if you rush you will chip and perhaps crack the new one. The fiberglass spring has an outer gelcoat that can shatter or splinter and that might spread to the inner side. Like my wife did on the first attempt. I guided her along and she thought other folks might like to see how I told her to do the task. You will need some good sharp drill bits and drill. Caution_WEAR A MASK-should not be too hard to find one these days. This fiberglass dust is nasty and most likely causes lung cancer. Caution_WEAR EYE PROTECTION Caution-WEAR WORK GLOVES Unbolt the old one ONE AT A TIME-that way you can see how it's supposed to go back together. Place the old spring on top of the new one and clamp together then secure the 2 in a vice or work top table. Good excuse to buy a drill press but most of us don’t own one. Take a 5/16 sharp drill bit and slowly drill 90 degrees you see the outer layer of gelcoat start to spiral up. The old spring will crack a little. When you hit the powder layer go a tiny bit more. Use vacuum cleaner to gather the dust. You want to make a valley so you can find center. The dust is nasty keep it out of your eyes and wear gloves. Fiberglass can easily cut. Remove the old spring that was a guide and reclamation and take a 3/16 bit and try to find the depression the larger drill bit made and find the center of the cone. Slowly go through to the other side. Do all 4 holes. Flip the spring over and take the 5/16" bit and drill out the gel coat layer and stop. Then take a 1/4" bit and finish the holes. Back to the chair and put on the spring. Notice how the other one goes so you put it correctly. Don't force the bolts I would guess 10 foot/lbs of torque is enough. I had to use a ratchet to get the 1/4 x 20 bolts to get started and go through. If you can't line up perhaps take round file and make the holes a bit wider. DO NOT FORCE OR HAMMER use a file. Bonus points for using either Red Locktite or Lock nuts on the chair. Our patio chairs had lock washers and hex nuts that I replaced with lock nuts. There needs to be a rectangular bar over the plastic side not against the metal. If it’s not there use fender washers or get the part.

My patio rocker seats felt like they were done, these spring plates saved my patio set. Great price, and perfect fit, my chairs are like new again. I was surprised that they were fiberglass and thought the original springs were metal, but no they are fiberglass too. Just lay the old spring over these and mark the holes, easy to drill them with normal bits and a socket set. They super strong, look like the original factory springs and are very well priced. I would highly recommend getting these to save your chairs, don’t replace the chair, replace the spring,

Good size

These replacement springs are easy to install and fixed our outdoor patio chair 'sagging' recline. Just remove the old spring plates, line up the old plates to new plates and drill holes to match, reinstall new plates. These spring plates look to be good quality and reasonably priced, arrived quickly. I can highly recommend the product and the seller.

I used these to repair a Darlee Outdoor Living Madison swivel rocker chair. They were slightly larger than the stock ones, but actually I think they work better than the originals. These spring plates are very solid and nice and stiff. Use the existing plates as a guide to drill the holes, but don't try drilling both plates at the same time by sandwiching them on top of each other. I did that and got a little bit of skew on the hole alignment on one of them.

Worked as expected. I took the old broken ones to drill holes and then put it together. Works perfectly as advertised!

I was hoping to find spring plates that exactly matched the ones in my chairs. Alas, I had to buy these blanks instead and drill my own holes. While a pain in the butt to drill, when fully installed correctly they worked well: my chairs were somewhat (but not too) stiff and I didn't fall over backwards. They were close to new feeling. 1. These plates clearly have fiberglass or similar in them. WEAR GLOVES AND SHOES when drilling and installing. I didn't for the first two chairs and it felt like I had tiny particles of glass embedded in my hands for days. 2. I recommend you put your old plate and these new plates in a strong clamp to drill. If you try and just drill by putting it on top, you're going to mess it up (as I did on attempt #1). I finally got it right by putting 1 old plate and two new ones in a vice and drilling through. I started with a smaller bit and then a larger one. By doing two at once you ensure they'll align the same in your chair. Otherwise your chair may end up slightly crooked. 3. Make sure you REALLY tighten the bolts on the chair tight when installing. I installed, found the pressure too weak, tightened the bolts, and voila!

My patio chair works like new.