Much Improved Bike Hoist

My bike hoist was installed on a 2 level garage loft. Many's the time when the pulley get jammed, or the hooks are too just light to be lowered empty. This is a simple hack to fix both.

I should've done this during initial installation. :)

• Sand
• 1 qtr juice bottles of any type with lid
• 14 AWS wires
• Various hand tools
• 2 pairs of pulley guides STL attached

https://www.tinkercad.com/things/1g6ZY17p2UX

This step is simple: Remove hooks from pulley assembly. Fill in the water bottles with sand to about 2 lbs each. Use wires to tie onto bike hooks

The whole problem is there's about 1/4" free play on the wheel axels. I CAD designed a test sleeve to stop wheels from sliding one the axel. Took one off to test fitting, and it works very nicely

I was very happy & printed 6 for every pulley needed. I needed to rotate the hooks 90º so weight bottles does hit bike frame

That's it. Nice and simple hack.