Eames Lounge chair shock mount failure

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12/10/2011 11:13 am

Have any of you tried to replace the 6 tiny pins in the shock mount? - apparently in my 670 purchased in 1969 it wasn't just glue that held it together. No one seems to mention the pins - my chair held for 43 years so it worked for a good long time.

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tktoo

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13/10/2011 3:12 am

No pins on my mid-seventies version.
The shock mount came off the back panel clean. It had already been replaced by HM along with the others and seemed to be in great shape, so I chiseled and scraped the adhesive residue from the panel, reglued it with PC-7, and have had no further issues in the five years since.
Edit: Reminded by my post on the previous thread, it was the seat pan mount, not the lower back panel.

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Tulipman

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13/10/2011 3:34 am

The pins hold the shock mount together,yea?
I have a similar vintage Eames 670 and I recall there's little pegs or tacks,much like those found in the heel of a shoe.They seem to hold the layers of the earlier shock mounts together,no?

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28/10/2011 9:32 am

Good Question...
Good question, I just went to verify on some old mounts we have. What appears to be pins is simply adhesive that traveled up a hole in the shock mount. The holes in the shock mounts are from the molding process to help position the metal plate inside the mount. There maybe a slight mechanical lock with the holes and the adhesive, but they are not inserted pins. I was able to slide a couple out of a old shock mount, crushed one with a pair of pliers and burned the other, it just adhesive.

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