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Drive Wheelchair Foot Rest Lubrication

After few days in the Drive Blue Streak wheelchair, I finally lubricated the foot rest pivots:

Drive wheelchair foot rest lubrication
Drive wheelchair foot rest lubrication

The complex molded rests gripped their metal tubes so tightly as be nearly immovable, but one drop of Kroil at the four obvious spots let them turn much more easily.

The flange overlapping the upright tube along the bottom of the picture hits the short protrusion and holds the rest parallel to the floor. A screw at the plastic cap near the top keeps the rests from working their way too far from the upright tube.

I can make it to the Basement Shop™ and back, paying careful attention to detail.

Comments

3 responses to “Drive Wheelchair Foot Rest Lubrication”

  1. david Avatar
    david

    yikes, I hope whatever ails you has a quick recovery.

  2. RCPete Avatar
    RCPete

    Oof!

    I hope things work out OK.

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