My father is very elderly, and I’ve noticed he has a hard time getting in and out of my parents’ car. I was researching mobility tools online and came across “car canes.” They are inserted into the loop striker of car doors to give a person leverage to get in and out of cars (see image). My question is if using such a device could damage the striker? I think it will help my father, but I don’t want to give him something that would damage their car. He is quite skinny/light-weight BTW. Thanks!
Make sure whoever you get this for can easily fit around the thing. My dad isn’t even fat, just a brick shithouse and has to squeeze into most cars
I don’t think it will damage it but you may eventually have a door that’s out of adjustment.
Unless he is a very, very heavy man, then no.
My father has been using one of those door canes for a few years now and I’ve never even noticed the scratch the door Loop catch holds a ton of weight plus the way they’re designed most of the weight goes into the door frame he loves it it’s the best thing he says he’s ever bought
Depends on how fat one is.
It can
My father used one for a while, was never a problem.
It’s fine. All parts of the door latching mechanism are regulated to hold 2000+lbs of vertical and horizontal force. Kind of an ingenious idea for the disabled.
Aint no way that latch could hold 2000 lbs of dead weight sitting directly on it
Would the continued weight put on the hinges would cause them to bend though, making the door sag?
I’m sure it is fine, but this is leverage force, not just direct force.
Fuck… that means my mother in law is over the weight limit
Regulated by what authority?
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 206
yeah really, i can’t imagine a better hard point. if your pops can damage the car with this handle then he isn’t disabled!
S10 door pins: looks nervously
On my other cars sure maybe, my sonoma (get them peasant s10’s away from me) I would never.
S10 hinge pin bushings: *404 not found*
My S10 strike plate ripped right out. Friend had exact problem as well.
They have a step version to get things off the top of your car. Saw it on shark tank
But leveraged at 1 to 7ish with this device it would only be 300 pound.
Didn’t know that. Thats insane
As a private CNA, I loved recommending these. Very useful.
But even 10+ years ago, they were absurdly expensive for what they are.
They have a step version to get things off the top of your car. Saw it on shark tank
☝️ this is the way
Not unless you are 350 lbs and really putting some ass on it. You have to think they are made to withstand an accident and keep you inside. Granted, they do pop open in some wrecks, but it takes a good wallop
I’ve seen the foot hold version of this tested with no damage.
Depends on the car an person standing on it. I have put a crease into the metal that it places the pressure on.
I found one of those in the spare tire compartment of a vehicle I bought and tried it out. I had to google the name to find out what it even was. Felt pretty solid.
I’m modern cars they are engineered as part of the occupant protection system, I’d hang off none in a pinch.
I use one every single weekday to access my pipe rack on top of my leer cap. Three years at least, no damage at all
You really think he should be driving if he has hard time getting in and out of the car, also if driver can’t help him out, that that driver shouldn’t be driving also.
Do you mean the driver who can’t help them out shouldn’t be driving at all or driving them around?
hand controls exist
Maybe if your forget it’s still there and slam the door
It should be more than fine. Those strikers have to withstand impacts that are much stronger than the weight of even a fat old man.
Take that fatso!
No, those are meant to support a lot of weight. A little pressure won’t cause any damage.
Plus, if this is truly for an elderly old man, the odds are he probably doesn’t weigh a ton, and these are meant to hold your car door shut in violent crashes, they’re rated stronger than people think.
My concern would be that the handle is only stable when weight is put straight down. If he pulls at an angle it may move and cause him more issues
That, or shifting under load if it didn’t seat well
It is pulling at an angle…
