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!
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My dad used this every day for years, and it didn’t damage the car at all. It was an amazing product.
Them latches probably the toughest part of car
I valet at a hospital and we keep 1 of these on our stand if someone needs help
Yes it will. I have had to fix the door jam on alot of cars.
I don’t think it will damage it but you may eventually have a door that’s out of adjustment.
Make sure there’s a secure place for that when it isn’t being used. It could become a lethal projectile in a crash.
Meaning side pressure strength like pushing down or up on it instead of trying to pull it out which I am sure it has an equal rated strength for that as well but usually the weakness is the sheer strength/max load but not in this case
There will come a certain point where you might just want to get what is called a “gait belt”. It’s a vest that straps on over his cloths and is super easy to use. He can just have someone, ie a caregiver or family member help him in and out of the car no problem.
Those automotive bolts for the latch are super strong and have an insane sheer strength rating
I think it should be fine , those are meant to hold a lot of force with those 2 big old bolts holding it in and the door probably weights about what ur grandpa weights so I think it’s perfectly fine
Not unless you are 350 lbs and really putting some ass on it. You have to think they are made to withstand an accident and keep you inside. Granted, they do pop open in some wrecks, but it takes a good wallop
Look at this video to see the strenght of it : https://youtu.be/SqJamen1trs?si=JIc3Et5CIUry0CiR
While the technique used is quite bad, is shows quite well that you easily tear a door apart before damaging the striker
You’re right. That filming technique was horrible.
Unless your grandpa is an elephant, it should be totally fine, that type of latch is very strong and sturdy, I used to camp out of my Silverado by using that hook to hold one end of my hammock 🤣
Yes it will. Have seen it damage the plate welded behind the striker. Breaks the welds eventually.
Ya, but the strength of an old man or woman isn’t going to be enough pressure to cause any damage. I’ve had one for my mom and sister, and they left no damage at all.
Its not about strength, its about weight. And again I’ll say it, they fail eventually.
Some people in here have never drove an abused Chevy S10/Blazer lool. You look at the striker wrong and it falls off.
To be honest though, they usually get damaged in older cars where people neglect their door pins and the doors start to sag and slam into the strike…
I read it as “crane” and was thinking yes absolutely if you pick a car up by the door hook it will damage it, took me a moment lol.
Putting the weight of a human on the hook however shouldn’t do anything to it unless it was already damaged.
