REAR WHEELS | PROCEDURE 6 |
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HANDRIMS
Installing/Replacing Handrims - Spoke Rear Wheels (FIGURE 14)
NOTE: The following procedure is for all spoke rear wheel projection or
1.Remove the rear wheel from the wheelchair. Re- fer to REMOVING/INSTALLING REAR WHEELS in this procedure of the manual.
WARNING
Tire MUST be deflated before any disas- sembly procedures are performed.
2.Remove all air from the tire by pressing down on the pin in the center of the valve stem.
3.While carefully holding the tire, bar and rim strip to one side, hold the phillips screws and remove the locknuts that secure the handrim to the rear wheel.
NOTE: Note the position of the existing handrim be- fore removing from the rim.
4.Remove the existing handrim from the rim.
5.Position the new handrim mounting holes with the mounting holes in the rim.
6.Install one (1) of the phillips screws through the mounting holes in the rim and projection handrim.
7.While carefully holding the tire, bar and rim strip to one side, hold the phillips screw and securely tighten the locknut that secure the handrim to the rim.
Phillips Screw
Handrim
8.Repeat STEPS
WARNING
DO NOT inflate tire until it is completely assembled.
9.Inflate the tire to the correct psi rating listed on the sidewall of the tire.
10.Reinstall the rear wheel onto the wheelchair. Refer to REMOVING/INSTALLING REAR WHEELS in this procedure of the manual.
11.Repeat STEPS
Adjusting Handrims - Spoke Rear Wheels (FIGURE 14)
NOTE: The following procedure is for projection or non- projection handrims.
NOTE: Handrims for composite rear wheels can not be adjusted.
1.Remove the handrim from the rim. Perform STEPS
2.Move the handrim to one (1) of the following positions:
IN - Moving both handrims to the inside mounting hole on the mounting tabs will reduce the overall width of the wheelchair by
OUT - Moving both handrims to the outside mount- ing hole on the mounting tabs will increase
3.Reinstall the handrim onto the rim by performing STEPS
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Locknut
Mounting | Tabs |
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FIGURE 14 - INSTALLING/REPLACING/ |
ADJUSTING HANDRIMS - SPOKE REAR
WHEELS
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