Office Chair Tilt Mechanism Repair in London
If your chair won't recline, won't lock upright, or lurches back when you lean, the tilt mechanism has worn out, not the chair.
The problem
You lean back and it drops further than it should, or refuses to lock at all, so you sit perched forward all day to avoid the lurch. Sometimes the tension knob just spins loose and does nothing. It's a specific, physical fault in one small assembly under the seat, and yet it's usually 'solved' with an entire new chair.
The real cause
Every tilt mechanism has a spring, a pivot bushing and a tension adjuster, and all three wear the same way a door hinge does, gradually, with use, until the tolerance is gone. It isn't a design flaw. It's the same story as the gas lift: the furniture industry's fix for a worn part is a new chair, because there's no margin in a bushing.
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The fix
We identify the mechanism fitted to your specific chair model before we arrive, bring the matching replacement part, and rebuild it on-site, no chair sent away, no waiting on back-order parts discovered on the day.
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Repair vs. replace
New comparable chair
£700–£1,400+
Tilt mechanism repair
Fixed quote, no surprises.
Why people trust us
Rated 5.0 on Google. Genuine, authorised parts on every repair, and if the fix can't be completed on the first visit, we take the chair to our workshop, finish it properly, and return it.
What happens next
- 1Book online or by phone
- 2An engineer visits at a time that suits you
- 3Mechanism rebuilt or replaced and tested
- 4Chair back in use the same day
Questions we get asked
My chair leans back and won't lock, is that the tilt mechanism?
Almost always, yes, it's usually the tension spring or the locking pin, not the frame or the seat itself.
Can you just tighten it instead of replacing anything?
Sometimes, we check the tension knob first, since that's a two-minute fix, and only replace the internal mechanism if that's the actual fault.
Does this work on synchro-tilt chairs, where the seat and back move together?
Yes, we service synchro-tilt, knee-tilt and simple tilt mechanisms across all major brands.
How much does a tilt mechanism repair cost?
It depends on the mechanism fitted to your chair, tell us the make and model and we'll give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Book your tilt mechanism repair
Tell us the make, model and what the chair is doing. We'll give you a fixed per-chair quote agreed before any work starts.
Other repairs we do
- Gas lift replacement
- Castor replacement
- Armrest repair
- Upholstery & mesh repair
- Herman Miller repair
- Aeron chair repair
- Humanscale repair
- Steelcase repair
- Eames chair repair
- HAG Capisco repair
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