Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Does anyone know what to do if the connection between the shoe plate and the bar starts to loosen/wiggle? It's the part where the " teeth " fit together... on a non adjustable bar I believe... Thanks in advance... Best, Joanne W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Joanne, it's funny that you should mention this because Owen's (on both plates) has just started doing this in the last couple of weeks. Nick took it apart last night thinking that he'd be able to tighten it up but discovered that there isn't any 'easy' way to do it. I just mentioned tonight as we were putting Owen's brace on him before bed that I may take it into our orthotics guy and ask if he can tighten it up somehow...I think that if a washer was fit into that space, it may help a little. Let me know if you figure anything out and I'll do the same. Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03 Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/7 P.S. - Owen's is the red adjustable bar - the plates are the same as the non-adjustable I think. > Does anyone know what to do if the connection between the shoe plate and the > bar starts to loosen/wiggle? It's the part where the " teeth " fit together... > on a non adjustable bar I believe... > > Thanks in advance... Best, Joanne W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 new bar, and perhaps sole plate too but the teeth on the bar are probably the ones that are damaged. They come with sole plate's I believe anyway. The aluminum teeth start to strip on those sometimes. Nothing else can be done about it. Darbi wore one out and that was about the time I stopped taking her shoes off the bar so it didn't happen again. Kori At 06:36 PM 4/29/2005, you wrote: >Does anyone know what to do if the connection between the shoe plate and the >bar starts to loosen/wiggle? It's the part where the " teeth " fit together... >on a non adjustable bar I believe... > >Thanks in advance... Best, Joanne W. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Joanne, Daiga, Here's what my husband recommends: take the shoe/s off the bar and push several small pieces of heavy-duty tin foil down through the bolt. Make sure that the pieces of tin foil will cover the round piece at the base of the bolt. Put the shoe back on the bar, tighten up the nut. The tin foil will fill those gaps between the bar and the bolt-base where the teeth are stripped. The heavy-dutier the foil, the longer it will last. I'm not sure how the red bar is set up, but this works well with the gold bar. Hope this helps. I never thought having a philosophy professor hanging around would be so handy... Naomi The Family Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, bilateral clubfoot, FAB 14/7) Joanne Walton jowalton68@...> wrote: Does anyone know what to do if the connection between the shoe plate and the bar starts to loosen/wiggle? It's the part where the " teeth " fit together... on a non adjustable bar I believe... Thanks in advance... Best, Joanne W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Thanks for sharing, Naomi! Will pass the info along... Best, Joanne W. > Does anyone know what to do if the connection between the shoe plate and the > bar starts to loosen/wiggle? It's the part where the " teeth " fit together... > on a non adjustable bar I believe... > > Thanks in advance... Best, Joanne W. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 What a novel idea Naomi! Kudos to for being such a big brain :~} Yet another fantastic self help tip from our always resourceful parents! Whoohoo! Ponseti Parents are the best!! I love it. Kori At 11:07 PM 4/29/2005, you wrote: >Joanne, Daiga, > >Here's what my husband recommends: take the shoe/s off the bar and push >several small pieces of heavy-duty tin foil down through the bolt. Make >sure that the pieces of tin foil will cover the round piece at the base of >the bolt. Put the shoe back on the bar, tighten up the nut. The tin foil >will fill those gaps between the bar and the bolt-base where the teeth are >stripped. The heavy-dutier the foil, the longer it will last. I'm not >sure how the red bar is set up, but this works well with the gold bar. > >Hope this helps. I never thought having a philosophy professor hanging >around would be so handy... > >Naomi >The Family > Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, bilateral clubfoot, FAB 14/7) > >Joanne Walton jowalton68@...> wrote: >Does anyone know what to do if the connection between the shoe plate and the >bar starts to loosen/wiggle? It's the part where the " teeth " fit together... >on a non adjustable bar I believe... > >Thanks in advance... Best, Joanne W. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.