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Acorn 130 Superglide Safety Stop Block
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Is it vital to fit Stop Block Clamp to an Acorn Superglide Rail.
I ask as I now have 3 x (used) Acorn Stairtlifts. All were working when I recently bought them.
1 x has a safety stop block at top only…..Remaining 2 lifts have no stop blocks
Note: all 3 x lifts have the Top & Bottom..Rail Safety Ramp stop Top Limit Black Plastic…
(1) BLOCK: (Acorn Brooks Toothed Stairlift Rail Safety Stop Block
Clamp..https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284931652221?hash=item42573ffa7d:g:hMwAAOSwEkBi-HJ5)(2) Rail Safety Ramp stop Top Limit Black Plastic
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284930770251?hash=item425732854b -
not really its only purpose is to hold the rack in place when you cut it and there isn’t a fixing close to the cut end, stops it flapping around and banging on the rail
some say its a mechanical stop to stop the lift running off the end if it over travels, but that’s why there is a gap (should be a gap!) in the rack and the end of the rail, so the drive pinion falls off the rack and just spins in space stopping the travel! sounds like and feels like a jack hammer going off under you when it happens!
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Spike…thank you.
One of the lifts drive cogs ends 2″ from the rail end BUT the other lifts cogs run right to the end of the rail.
Following your practical comments I will cut the (overlong) cogs back about 2″ where a convenient holding screw is positioned, leaving the screw in place obviously.
Best Regards
Richard
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Sounds like the rails have been cut and not set up correctly! This industry is full of fly by night cowboys with no regard for user safety!
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Spike…thank you for your frequent and excellent help.
I need to learn a lot about staircase lifts and you have helped me enormously.
I will have further questions and I am at present starting to temporary install the lifts.
When I can see they work and are set up correctly I will actually remove them and keep the rails in my workshop and the carriages in the house to avoid dampness issues.
When my wife or indeed myself start to need to use the lifts I will hopefully be able to put them in place.
My very best Regards to you
Richard
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