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!
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.
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!
I’m sure it is fine, but this is leverage force, not just direct force.
S10 door pins: looks nervously
On my other cars sure maybe, my sonoma (get them peasant s10’s away from me) I would never.
My S10 strike plate ripped right out. Friend had exact problem as well.
S10 hinge pin bushings: *404 not found*
Fuck… that means my mother in law is over the weight limit
Didn’t know that. Thats insane
☝️ this is the way
They have a step version to get things off the top of your car. Saw it on shark tank
Regulated by what authority?
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 206
But leveraged at 1 to 7ish with this device it would only be 300 pound.
Would the continued weight put on the hinges would cause them to bend though, making the door sag?
They have a step version to get things off the top of your car. Saw it on shark tank
As a private CNA, I loved recommending these. Very useful.
But even 10+ years ago, they were absurdly expensive for what they are.
Aint no way that latch could hold 2000 lbs of dead weight sitting directly on it