I have attached picture my brakes are all the way back on frame but they will not hold chair when I do relief or transfer unless I am really careful. my tires are 6 months old
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You need to move the clamp that holds the brake to the frame itself back. Then you will have the ability to slide the rod that attaches directly to the brake to wherever you need it. I had to do this on my Quickie GT and Q7 when the tires were worn. Thankfully once you move the clamps back (don't move them too much) you should have enough room to adjust them as much as you need when you get new tires.
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I always mark the spot where the clamp is before moving. If painted frame, I scratch the mark. if Titanium, I mark with a sharpie pen, That way I can measure accurately how far to move them back. They look like solid tires so you'll have to move them back. If they were air, it may be just a matter of getting them up to pressure. Make sure you tighten them down good. I use an extender I made from a used axle with the quick release mechanism taken out. I place it over the hex wrench to act as the extension of the wrench. Great for loosening them up also.
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Originally posted by ToastGuard View PostYou need to move the clamp that holds the brake to the frame itself back. Then you will have the ability to slide the rod that attaches directly to the brake to wherever you need it. I had to do this on my Quickie GT and Q7 when the tires were worn. Thankfully once you move the clamps back (don't move them too much) you should have enough room to adjust them as much as you need when you get new tires.
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Originally posted by vjls View Postthey are moved back as far as they will go yes solid tires and they are 6 months old but have a lot of miles on them
His fingernails hurt seeing these (just like mine) because of the amount of times we jammed thumbs into those type brakes while pushing hard. I switched to these and have been incredibly happy since. https://www.dmehub.net/Compact-Compo...p/otf-cswl.htm
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Have you checked the allen head screws on the brakes themselves? If bolts get wobbly and loose the brakes get messed up.
If you can't put the clamp on the other side of the rigidizer bar due to making the problem too close, you may need different brakes. Those seem like cheap ones anyway, but maybe the single bar works best with solids, I don't know. In the meantime if you loosen the clamp and rotate the bar down towards the floor a bit it will hit the tire sooner albeit on and angle. I know this trick works with pneumatics. I have not tried it with solids though.I have had periodic paralysis all my life. I lost my ability to walk in 2011 beginning with a spinal block, which was used for a hip fracture caused by periodic paralysis.
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Originally posted by ToastGuard View Post
His fingernails hurt seeing these (just like mine) because of the amount of times we jammed thumbs into those type brakes while pushing hard. I switched to these and have been incredibly happy since. https://www.dmehub.net/Compact-Compo...p/otf-cswl.htm
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Originally posted by funklab View Postexactly. These kind of brakes should be outlawed for anyone who pushes their own chair and the DMEs who blithely slapped them on all of our first chairs should have their own thumbnails ripped out so they can see the error of their ways.
whatever I am doing must work
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