MobilityScooterSpares.com
As mentioned on the home page mobility scooters are everywhere nowadays and the prices for brand new scooters have come down considerably to less than £500 usually including a 12 month service guarantee. Individuals however who bought their mobility scooters before the significant drop in price want to ensure that their investment has been worthwhile and we have listed below a number of useful hints and tips that should go someway into extending the life of your mobility scooter:
- Make sure that you keep your scooter serviced on a regular basis. Every 6-12 months is what both manufacturers and dealers recommend. The scooter should only be serviced by organisations or engineers who are recognised professionals
- Ensure that you keep your mobility scooter covered up from extreme weather conditions be it frost, severe rain or intensive heat. This will ensure that the scooters internal mechanics and tiller remain at a reasonably constant temperature preventing it from rust, freezing moving parts or damaging the electronics
- Where possible investment into solid or puncture proof tyres are advisable to eradicate punctures and tyre replacements
- If the scooter does not have solid tyres or puncture proof tyres you should ensure that you check on a bi-weekly basis that the tyre pressure remains at the level as indicated within the mobility scooter manual and that no tears are evident
- Ensure the battery life is continually topped up with power and not drained in essence ensure that the battery is topped up regularly
- Whenever the mobility scooter is driven make sure that the surface on which the scooter is driven on is that of which it is intended for i.e. road, pavement or multi-surface. Correct surface use should ensure that the tyres, suspension and general mechanics of the scooter remain in a suitable long lasting state
- Each scooter has a maximum user weight and we suggest in no uncertain terms that this should be exceeded as significant damage can be caused to the suspension, seating and structural design of the scooter
- Like any car the mobility scooter should be taken for regular short to medium distance journeys to ensure that the moving parts do not freeze or rust following severe weather conditions
