Burgerman wrote:You should really have more than 1 anyway. They fail and leave you with no alternatives.
I do have more than one for the home in case of emergencies, I also have my Batec and lightweight for frustration relief.
Burgerman wrote: But this has me facinated.
Salsa(R) is bottoming out on the lockdown pin and gets progressively worse with tyre wear and worn suspension and is the reason for trying the less intrusive Dahl lockdown 'disc' that I now find isn't compatible with my side lift layout.
Burgerman wrote: Dahl lockdown being incompatible. I can think if no reason why that could possibly be?
Dahl haven't crash tested the chair's in the docking station backwards like Q'Straint have. I guess you could argue docking systems are designed primarily for rear entry vans or drive from chair conversions where you have the room to wheel into the docking station. Side entry poses a space problem and currently I reverse off the ramp and lock-in backwards.
Burgerman wrote: And the salsa problem is easy to fix.
Shorten the BOLT! And raise the tie down in the van by 35mm or 1.5 inches on simple spacers. As I have. I have a Q700 and a Salsa. Both mildly modified with bigger drive wheels by around an inch. But that doesent change anything.
Also same on my other chairs. The bolt is nowhere near the ground on my chairs. Around 50mm to 55mm above the deck.
If it was easy, believe me it'd been done. To give the room to lock in and allow for transfers to the drivers seat my pin isn't in the best position on the chair being forward of the driveline. I guess yours is central giving that bit more leeway.
The docking station has been lifted and the bolt shortened. Anymore and I won't be able to get over the docking station reversing in, especially with the tip wheels on the Salsa that act more like an emergency brake.