Sunrise Medical 4" Extender Important Warnings, Holes in the 4-inch extender, Your kit

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IMPORTANT WARNINGS

Inspect all parts for damage to the carton or its contents. If damage is evident, do not use. Contact your local Sunrise Medical dealer immediately.

Read all instructions before using this product. Failure to follow these instructions may result in injury or damage.

Make sure all attaching hardware is tightened securely at all times.

The 4-inch bed extender does not increase the weight capacity of your bed. Refer to your bed user’s manual for weight capacity information.

BED DISASSEMBLY

1.Disconnect hi/lo connecting rod from the bed.

2.Disconnect head spring drive tube by removing the hitch pin, grommet and washer from the clevis pin.

3.Raise the head end and unhook the links between the head and foot sections of the mattress surface.

4.Remove the head and foot boards.

5.Laying the bed on its side, place the head section at a right angle (90 degrees) to the foot section.

6.Disengage head and foot sections.

INSTALLATION

Tools Required

•	two 1/2" open-end wrenches
•	one vise grip
1.	Attach the 4-inch extension pieces to both sides
	of the foot spring center angle with the bolt and
	bi-way locknut and tighten securely (Figure 1).	Figure 1

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Reconnect the foot and head sections as shown

in Figure 2.

3.

Connect the six hooks to the foot spring fabric

with the open end of the hooks facing the floor.

4.

Attach one helical spring to one end of the link

fabric extension (Figure 3). Attach the other end

of the helical spring to one of the two mounting

holes in the 4-inch extender.

5.

Connect the hooks to the link fabric extension.

6.

Attach another helical spring to the other end of

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the link fabric extension

7.Fasten the helical spring into the mounting hole on the 4-inch extender using vice grips (Figure 4).

8.Repeat for the other link fabric extension.

9.Raise the head end of the bed and connect the hooks to the head spring fabric with the open end of the hooks facing the floor (Figure 5).

10.Reattach head and foot boards to the bed assembly.

11.Install the extended connecting rod included in

your kit. Figure 3

12.Remove the bed’s existing head spring drive tube and replace it with the drive tube included in your kit. Reconnect the drive tube to the lift arm of the head spring by inserting the clevis pin and con- necting the grommet, washer and hitch pin.

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