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From: Rick on 25 Aug 2008 13:17
I have a 95 Bruno Curb-Sider in my 2002 Dodge Caravan. I'm think of
move it to the passenger's door on the driver's side because I now
using a walker and it sucks. The dealer's technician thinks it can be
done but it will be a try it process. Has anyone had experience doing
this?

Also the hoist motor is losing power, it's even have trouble lifting
my GoGo. Could this be the brushes and commentator in the motor? If
so, has anyone opened one up?

Rick
From: Burgerman on 25 Aug 2008 14:40
"Rick" <rckbrgr(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 95 Bruno Curb-Sider

??? What is one? A ramp?


in my 2002 Dodge Caravan. I'm think of
> move it to the passenger's door on the driver's side because I now
> using a walker and it sucks.

The ramp or the walker? Whats a walker?

The dealer's technician thinks it can be
> done but it will be a try it process. Has anyone had experience doing
> this?

No. But from my experience nothing like this (moving a ramp? to a different
door) ever goes simply!
As long as your guy has a brain and can cut, weld etc anythings possible.
But you better measure carefully if its a Dodge Caravan and it IS a ramp you
are talking about.
The reason is that the left door on a Left Hand Drive one is several inches
narrower than the right. And since the complete van is a mirror image then
the opposite is true of UK right hand drive ones.

Thats why the ramp is always opposite side to the driver seat.

>
> Also the hoist motor is losing power, it's even have trouble lifting
> my GoGo.

Whats a "GoGo"???

Could this be the brushes and commentator in the motor? If
> so, has anyone opened one up?

Electric motors dont go "weak" as such with worn brushes. If the brushes are
really buggered they dont start or run intermittently.
If the thing really is weak then having a Commentator in the motor wont help
either! It will just embarrass the poor thing further.

However the Commutator may be burned and or more likely the windings on one
section failed, in which case it probably means a new motor as rewinds are
hard to get done and usually labour intensive and expensive.


>
> Rick


From: Lee on 26 Aug 2008 12:59
Rick wrote:
> I have a 95 Bruno Curb-Sider in my 2002 Dodge Caravan. I'm think of
> move it to the passenger's door on the driver's side because I now
> using a walker and it sucks. The dealer's technician thinks it can be
> done but it will be a try it process. Has anyone had experience doing
> this?
>
> Also the hoist motor is losing power, it's even have trouble lifting
> my GoGo. Could this be the brushes and commentator in the motor? If
> so, has anyone opened one up?
>
> Rick

Rick.... I've seen a couple of lifts installed in the rear right
passengers doors so it should work.

If your door is a slider and is wide enough to take the swing of the
lift, I would go for it.

As for the motor, I would look to the gear housing and a binding there
or a lack of grease. The GoGo is not that heavy and I don't think you
are straining the lift. A friend of mine had a curb sider and lifted a
full size Rascal Scooter with it.

Keep in mind that with the configuration you are looking at, that you
won't be able to parallel park anymore for obvious safety reasons.

A few month's ago I was at the People in Motion show here in Toronto and
saw a guy with a home brew solution to assist in getting from the back
of his van to the drivers seat. He installed several bathroom grab bars
on the outside of his van below the window level. He bought the white
enameled ones and painted them the same colour as the van.

Bruno don't have any info on your model on their site, but the current
version of the curb sider says available for either side.

http://www.bruno.com/vsl-6000.html

If the tech you are talking about is of a Bruno dealer and not an auto
dealer, then I would tend to take his advice.

Good luck with this
Regards
Lee in Toronto


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