Drive Medical Wheelchair Transport Chair Brake Handle Extension, 8-inch
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Based on a photo of the Drive ATC chair I saw online, I believe the brake handles will
This is an accessory I just bought and tried on my Silver Sport 2 but it doesn't fit. In addition to being too thick, the lever would have caused the extension to be sloppy when it was mounted. Since it is twice as wide as the original, it would have been useless if it had been able to be extended. I was told now that it cannot be returned. Deanna at Drive Medical said that the item would fit, but it didn't.
The company should be able to provide you with a list of which wheelchairs
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Based on simple physics (over simplified for this case), the longer the lever (brake handle in this case) is, the less force is needed to move or balance an object (engage or disengage the brake). Because this extension expands the actual brake lever by more than double, in theory it should require no more than half the force to engage or disengage Therefore, I can only speak of how it feels since there is no way of measuring it. This is what I purchased & used Installed two 8-foot long brake handle extensions for drive medical wheelchair transport chairs Approximately 1. 25 inches. It was easily installed and took only a few minutes There were no tools required for this project. After the rubber grips on the brake levers were removed, the hardest part of the installation was to replace them with plastic ones. I merely had to slide the brake lever extensions onto the handle extensions when those were off. You did not need any tools, although if your original rubber brake grips are particularly tight, you may need a pair of pliers to grip and adjust them. Remove the object with the help of an assistant. As a result of installation, the brake lever is approximately eight inches long. 10 inches (75mm) from the bend in the brake lever to the bottom of the brake lever, or 10 inches long in total. This measurement equals 75cm Approximately 5cm) from the tip of the handle to the pivot point of the A 28-degree angle can be measured from the top of one brake lever to the bottom of the other one when both levers are disengaged. This is a measurement in Approximately 5 cm). Depending on the angle set in your original brake lever, this may vary. Certain doorways may become difficult to pass through due to this obstruction. Pulling off the handles before entering the doorway is all it takes to remove the handles. The only thing you would need is a hammer and a screwdriver if you are handy with tools You can remove the brake lever, decrease the angle, and remove the nut with a wrench Trying that means I would need to reinstall so the overall distance between extension tips was less (you would do that by When you want the handles to be semi permanent and If you are concerned about the handles falling off, you could drill a hole through the extensions. There are two levers and two knobs. Place a small nut on the bolt and tighten There is one bolt for each hole. If you choose to remove them later, you would be able to keep them on. In addition, the brake extension makes applying & releasing the brakes much easier There is a substantial difference between releasing and locking the brakes. I am 88 years old and my mother is 88 years old A lawyer who has suffered multiple small strokes has difficulty applying the brakes, regardless of how much he loosens up (too much, in my opinion). She has now been able to engage with him and he has been much more responsive. The brakes ought to be loose enough that turning the wheelchair wheels will not be an issue, so release the brakes without much issue. Considering the low price (and their purchase price of $60 each), I think this is a good investment Easy and no-brainer) to make MIL's life easier and less stressful A safer option.
My only complaint is that the price of 1 is more than twice the price of 2 of the Adding insult to injury, this item is not returnable!.
There is no ambiguity in the title of the add. As a result, it would be reasonable to The extension signifies 1 - any idiot would know that The term "extensions" refers to more than one. The fact that they sent me a dozen would not have bothered me I see what you're saying Increasing that number from 1 to 2 is not possible. In order to accommodate wheelchairs with two wheels, there are two types of wheels I agree, more than 1 is acceptable It's time to put the brakes on. You need brakes. It was expected that at least two of them would come up. I am not able to comment on a review properly due to that problem. Just feeling cheated is all I can describe.
A lot of strength goes into the extensions. On a very old Rolls wheelchair from Invacare, we rolled them out. The openings of the new levers are a bit wider than the old ones, so they fit snugly over the thickness of the old levers. This results in a little backlash. The game is played back and forth. Despite feeling like they would fall off, the extensions don't seem to fall In light of the chair's age (15+ years old) and that it belongs to a different brand, we're glad it works. The old brakes were very difficult to engage, now they are very easy to engage. In order to keep the extensions of the short levers from sticking out past the wheels, we bent them inward. The original short levers were inclined outward.
In any case, I had to locktite it to keep it in place. She has less strength in her hands because she is 97 years old, so she could not lock the brakes safely. In order to make it easy for her to use her wheelchair brakes, this device removed the actuator from the brake mechanisms. For security purposes, I had to locktite it into place so as not to be For my homemade device, I installed a set screw in the inner side so that it wouldn't pull out when this device was being delivered. The locktite will hold until I modify this new device in a similar fashion if it fails.
Naturally, because of that. There is only one brake handle on a wheelchair. NOT AT ALL. Never review a product that you don't like. It's time to move on. In fact, it is a deceptive ploy designed to attract you to buy a copy of the game. In a wheelchair, the brakes are located on the sides. Yes, I do. The reviews are down below, but I was so in a hurry that I didn't read them. As my mother, who is 87 years old, tears up her hands trying to operate the wheelchair's short levers. has to wait for the next shipment (and do all that much more damage) as this vendor appears to be interested in just appearing to be cheaper. Making more money after that. If you order gloves, but only receive one, and then the seller says "oh. ", it would be the same as ordering gloves and receiving only one. Was it necessary for you to have The glove will have to be replaced. There will be no second order from me. It will take me half an hour to find a seller who has.
Our surprise at finding these levers sold in singles led us to order twice, in order to buy two for my husband. By doing so, he is able to reach the brake lever much more easily. Although they weren't supposed to fit the old wheelchair we were using, they fit perfectly when the new one arrived. It is difficult to squeeze through a narrow door because they stick out from the frame a bit.
I bought without realizing I would have to deal with sales tax. My disappointment was heightened when I discovered (as did so many others) that the item cannot be returned. My mother's compact Drive wheelchair only required one, so despite it being one, it did not bother me about its being one. I found it to fit fine once I figured out how to remove the cover. Only problem is the angle the brake handle is mounted on makes the extension stick out so far that it would not fit through most of the doors in our condominium. It's a good thing it's easy to put on and take off.
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