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SPECIAL NOTES ........................................................2
SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................4
PROCEDURE 1 - GENERAL GUIDELINES ............5
OPERATING INFORMATION.......................................... 5
SAFETY/HANDLING OF EXCELERATOR....................... 6
PROCEDURE 2 - SAFETY INSPECTION/
TROUBLESHOOTING/MAINTENANCE ...............8
SAFETY INSPECTION CHECKLIST................................ 8
TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................... 9
MAINTENANCE .............................................................9
PROCEDURE 3 - ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES..... 10
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR ASSEMBLY
PROCEDURES......................................................... 10
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 ASSEMBLY
PROCEDURES......................................................... 11
PROCEDURE 4 - REAR WHEELS .......................12
INSTALLING/ADJUSTING THE REAR WHEELS
AND QUICK-RELEASE AXLES - EXCELERATOR
AND LI'L EXCELERATOR ..........................................12
INSTALLING THE REAR WHEELS WITH THREADED
AXLE OPTION - EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000......... 12
TIRE/TUBE REPLACEMENT AND TUNING/
REPLACEMENT OF SPOKES .................................. 12
TIRE PRESSURE ........................................................ 12
DETERMINING/ADJUSTING TOE IN/TOE OUT ............. 12
REPLACING CAMBER INSERTS ................................. 13
PROCEDURE 5 - FORK/ SPRING/CRANK ...........14
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR
FORK ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION............................. 14
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR TENSION
SPRING INSTALLATION............................................ 14
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR HAND
CRANK ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION.......................... 14
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 FORK/CRANK
ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT .................................... 15
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 TENSION SPRING OR
ROAD CROWN COMPENSATOR REPLACEMENT/
ADJUSTMENT.......................................................... 16
PROCEDURE 6 - SPEED SHIFTERS .................. 18
LI'L EXCELERATOR - THREE (3) SPEED
SHIFTER CABLE INSTALLATION............................... 18
LI'L EXCELERATOR - THREE (3) SPEED
SHIFTER CABLE ADJUSTMENT ............................... 18
EXCELERATOR/EXCELERATOR XLT - SEVEN
(7) SPEED SHIFTER INSTALLATION.......................... 19
EXCELERATOR/EXCELERATOR XLT - SEVEN (7)
SPEED SHIFTER ADJUSTMENT/REPLACEMENT -
BEFORE 1997 ONLY................................................. 19
PROCEDURE 7 - CHAIN..................................... 20
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR CHAIN
INSTALLATION w/ SEVEN (7) SPEED HUB.............. 20
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR CHAIN
ADJUSTMENT .........................................................20
EXCELERATOR CHAIN STAY ADJUSTMENT.............20
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 CHAIN
ADJUSTMENT .........................................................20
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 CHAIN INSTALLATION
WITH TWENTY-FOUR (24) OR TWENTY-SEVEN
(27)SPEED CASSETTE............................................ 21
PROCEDURE 8 - PARKING BRAKE................... 22
USING PARKING BRAKE ...........................................22
PARKING BRAKE ADJUSTMENT/REPLACEMENT....... 22
PROCEDURE 9 - BACK/SEAT............................ 23
BACK HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT (ADJUSTABLE
BACKS ONLY) .........................................................23
SLIDING SEAT ADJUSTMENT.................................... 23
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 BACK ANGLE
ADJUSTMENT........................................................ 24
PROCEDURE 10 - UPHOLSTERY ........ ........ ......25
SEAT UPHOLSTERY REPLACEMENT .......................25
BACK UPHOLSTERY REPLACEMENT....................... 25
PROCEDURE 11 - FOOTREST .......................... 26
EXCELERATOR/LI'L EXCELERATOR FOOTREST
ADJUSTMENT/REPLACEMENT ..............................26
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 FOOTREST AND LEG
GUARD REPLACEMENT .........................................27
EXCELERATOR XLT/XLT 2000 USING/REPLACING
FOOTREST STRAP .................................................28
PROCEDURE 12 - OPERATION .........................29
HAND CRANK ASSEMBLY......................................... 29
SHIFTING GEARS ...................................................... 29
BACKING UP.............................................................. 30
BRAKING ...................................................................30
PARKING BRAKE....................................................... 30
STEERING/CORNERING............................................ 31
MOUNTAIN DRIVE OPTION - SEVEN (7) SPEED
SHIFTER ONLY........................................................ 31
PROCEDURE 13 - OPTIONS.............................. 33
WATER BOTTLE INSTALLATION................................ 33
TOW BAR INSTALLATION.......................................... 33
REAR SAFETY LIGHT ................................................ 33
COMPUTER INSTALLATION....................................... 33
SEAT POSITIONING STRAP INSTALLATION...............33
HORIZONTAL HANDLES............................................ 33
TRI-PIN QUAD HANDLES........................................... 33
GLOVES ....................................................................33
SAFETY FLAG INSTALLATION................................... 33
SAFETY HELMET....................................................... 34
LATERAL SUPPORT ..................................................34
LIMITED WARRANTY......................................... 35