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Acorn Superglide 130 Carriage removal
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I am planning to buy a used straight stairlift with an automatic folding hinge. It will probably be an Acorn Superglide 130 T700, as I could most easily find technical documentation for it. I am an enthusiastic craftsman and have a lot of experience with electronics, but unfortunately I have no practical experience with stairlifts.
I read installation manual and also rail cutting instructions and I think I can do it. Since I did not found a deinstallation manual I watched videos on YouTube showing the removal of an Acorn Stairlift. In both videos, the Carriage is removed from the Rail by removing the two upper stoppers and then simply driving the Carriage carefully upwards with the remote control until it signals with a strong jerk and a loud noise that the gear rack has come to an end. At this point it seems that you can carefully pull the lift up the rail until it can be removed. However, I have also read the recommendation to leave the Carriage on one of the rails when removing it. In this case I don’t need to thread the heavy Carriage into rail and gear rack afterwards. The installation manual describes only the initial installation and I never saw factory installation rails with plastic pieces for Carriage installation when looking for used stairlifts.
So should I remove the Carriage or leave it on one of the rails?
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Yes absolutely remove the Acorn 130 T700 Acorn motor assembly from the rail.. I install used units and have them on a rack off the rail. The one that you might want to leave on a section of rail is the Curved 180 model. If your handy, just follow the instructions and take your time.
while the motor is off the rail, Gently lay the unit on the foot rest (on a blanket or towel) and clean the outside of the 8 rollers with spray 9 and lightly lubricate the inner sleeve part of the roller with a spray lubricate- Also take this opportunity to clean the big gear of debris and dust – Don’t lubricate the main gear it will just pick up dust. – I have found that a light spray of lubricant on the seat post top makes the seat swivel easier.
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Many thanks for your valuable maintenance tips. I have now bought a stairlift and was able to remove the carriage without any problems. The seller had a cute dog, but it left a lot of hair e.g. on the large gear wheel behind the rollers. I will carefully remove these as well. Can you possibly tell me which lubricant is best for the roller bearings? For plastic bearings, I would possibly use a multi-purpose grease such as lithium soap grease.
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I have been using a white lithium grease in a spray can on the rollers you kind of have to just spray down toward the center of the roller on both sides and then rotate the roller to try to get some of the lubricant to penetrate inside. – if the roller seems stiff ( on the single rollers) you can remove the roller and really clean and lubricate, but on the double rollers, little bit trickier, if you have to remove those ones you need to remove the side of the stairlift frame. Normally these rollers are good for a long time, but with the dog hair mentioned it might be good to do your best in this area.
I use silicone spray on the seat post. that seems to work well.
Larry
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Hello Larry. I bought the spray grease you recommended and can only thank you again for your good tips. The whole project took quite a long time, but it was successful in the end: our stairlift is now going up and down the stairs. The batteries also seem to be in good condition, because the stairlift has completed several trips without a power supply and this did not excessively discharge the batteries. The loud beeping before each trip is a little annoying, but this is negligible compared to the regained mobility of our family member.
Greetings, Robert
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Hey Robert, glad your install went well, little lithium grease on the rollers, will just prevent any issues from happening.in the future. I tell my folks, my intent is to never see them again unless it is a social visit as i give a one or two year warranty.
As far as the time it takes, yes even for me and I have installed over 20 of these units,, it does take significant time to cut the track, relocate the charge and stop strips Prep the motor and install the unit on a set of stairs.
So glad you were able to get it done. Now on the beeping side, if you want to take a few minutes and remove the cover, just place a piece of black tape over the beeper and that will bring that annoying beep down to hardly noticeable. I forgot to mention that, I do that every time, and ask the customer if they want the beep or not and basically nobody wants to hear that sound… lol. .
if you do have to change the batteries in the future, I now install 9ah batteries instead of the normal 7ah – they are both the same size, but the higher capacity battery extend the life and they last much longer in a power fail. just something to think about, the cost difference is not that much. I do hope the folks that need the Stairlift, regain some freedom and have productive years ahead.
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