I just looked under the old oak swivel chair I sit in for this list and see
the exact springs you describe. Wow -- who'd think those springs can break?
Of course they can.
Take a look at this page, about half way down, where they sell (no joke)
'pre-owned' springs:
http://www.businessfurnitureshop.com/chair_partsII.htm
Geo
----- Original Message -----
From: <terryrs@comcast.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>
> As I read my Triumph e-mails in my study, I sit in a massive oak swivel
> office chair that was old when I bought it from a lady in a nursing home
> 35 years ago, when I was a freshman in college. I love this chair.
>
> The springs under it have broken. They are 1/4 inch diameter wire or
> spring steel or whatever. They are about 5.5 inches long, and the spring
> itself is about 1-5/8ths in diameter...
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