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Topic: Need longer legs for GFI Pac Seat |
Kenny Radas
From:
Edwardsville,IL,USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2008 7:37 am |
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| Where or who can make a new set of legs a couple inches longer for an old basic model Pac Seat? Or anyone have any good tricks to extend the legs I currently have? Thanks!![/b] |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 22 Jun 2008 8:47 am
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I recently raised up my Walker seat by 1 1/2 inch's by bolting some 6" long pieces of 2x4 on to the bottom of the seat box using the existing bolt holes and about $1.75 worth of hardware from Home Depot.
I replaced the bolts that were on the side that had the leg's mounted directly on the box(the legs that fold up closest to the box bottom) with one's that were 1" longer and used the same holes for mounting the block and the leg clamps.
On the side with the spacer block (the side that folds over the first set)I drilled deep holes with a paddle bit that lined up with the existing bolts and used them to mount the new spacer block to the box.
I moved the leg clamps over about 1" and mounted them to the new spacer block with 2 bolts in new holes throught the new spacer block .
Last new bolt replaced the one in the center that the leg brace clamp is on. Marked the center of the block by X-ing from corner to corner with a straight edge, drilled a "well" deep enough to let the locknut sit below the surface of the block so it did not interfer with the brace clamp, tightened the lock nut with a deep socket real snug, put the brace clamp back on, added the wing nut, and then used a nylon insert acorn nut on end of the bolt to stop the wing nut from comming off if I spin it to far up the bolt and I was done.
Took almost as long to write this as it took me to do the whole retro-fit!
JE:-)> |
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Randy Pettit
From:
North Texas USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2008 10:37 am
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| Kenny, I would call GFI directly and tell them the length/dimensions you need. I did this several years ago and literally drove to Gene's house in Arlington (I live in the area) and bought a new set of longer aluminum legs from him. I'm sure they would sell/ship you exactly what you need. |
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2008 1:16 pm
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| Kenny if you have access to a pipe bender go to the local hardware store and buy some electrical conduit and bend it yourself and cut it to suit . You may know someone that has a bender . |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 25 Jun 2008 3:01 pm
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Kenny,
FWIW...Before I did any cutting/modifications to the legs, I would cut some wood blocks from 2x4,1x4, and set the legs on them to see just how high it needs to be. Kind of a funky/shadetree way of doing it, but beats changing things before you find that you may not want it that way. Just my 2%.
Gary,
A normal conduit bender won't bend close enough arc, at least the ones that I've used don't. I cut mine on a 45deg, and welded them.
BF
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