recliner's footrest mechanism?

I'm looking for detailed instructions and hopefully detailed pics on a manual recliner's footrest mechanism... the handle moves but the footrest doesn't... found broken screws underneath... I reconnected the mechanism to the bar which moves the footrest up and down but it didn't work... there are 2 different holes in the bar on each side and I connected the mechanism to both without any luck... Any help would be greatly appreciated...