Planet Geek!: How to Repair a Herman Miller Aeron Chair

As most of my readers know, I have a very nice Aeron chair that I got when I was working at home full time. The decision to invest $600 in a single piece of furniture I was going to use day in and day out wasn't lightly taken, but I needed something comfortable, durable, and designed for my size and weight. An Aeron size C from ebay fit the bill nicely.

I've had my share of problems with it, including a broken 'pan' seat and a damaged lifter. The seat was covered under warranty, and I was able to replace it myself, but the lifter needed a trip to a local repair shop.

The last couple weeks, the chair has refused to recline. The levers on the left side that allow forward and backward motion were 'locked' in position, and I couldn't undo them. It was making me not want to sit at my desk - and even though I'm not working fulltime at home, I know that if there's something that makes an experience less than enjoyable, I'll avoid it. So I was sitting on the couch with my laptop or working downstairs.

Last night, I decided to haul out the toolbox and see what could be done...

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Planet Geek!: A Scary Metric of my Geekitude

I'm sort of frightened that I've either owned or worked with virtually every Obsolete Technology computer pictures page. A few I had to think about a few minutes, but I've owned about half of those machines at one point or another, and either supported or worked directly with another third.

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