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R E C L I N E R
PROCEDURE 14 |
| RECLINER | |||
Adjusting Gas Cylinder | 6. Turn the spreader bar on the existing back canes | ||||
1. | To adjust the LEFT gas cylinder: Squeeze the handle | CLOCKWISE (toward back upholstery) and remove | |||
the spreader bar from the existing back canes. | |||||
| of the RIGHT recliner cable assembly and try to re- | ||||
| 7. Loosely install the spreader bar onto the NEW back | ||||
| cline the back. The back should not recline. | ||||
2. | If the LEFT side of the back releases without | cane handles by rotating the spreader bar COUN- | |||
TERCLOCKWISE (away from the back canes). | |||||
| squeezing the handle of the LEFT recliner cable | ||||
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| assembly, perform the following steps: | NOTE: If the spreader bar does not thread onto the back | |||
| A. | Finger tighten the jam nut on the rod of the gas | canes, do not force. Turn the spreader bar around and | ||
| repeat STEP 7. |
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| cylinder until it bottoms out on the rod of the |
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| cylinder (FIGURE 4). | 8. Line up two (2) bottom mounting holes of back canes | ||
| B. | Turn the jam nut on the LEFT gas cylinder | with the two (2) mounting holes in the seat frame. | ||
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| COUNTERCLOCKWISE approximately one- | WARNING |
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| half (1/2) revolution. |
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| The back canes MUST be fastened se- | |||
NOTE: The gas cylinder rod will turn. | |||||
curely to the seat frame BEFORE using the | |||||
| C. Repeat STEP 1. | wheelchair. Torque mounting screws to | |||
| D. Repeat STEP B until the LEFT side of the back |
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| DOES NOT recline. | 9. Reinstall the mounting screw, washer and locknut | ||
3. | To adjust the RIGHT gas cylinder: Repeat STEPS | through the back cane and seat frame mounting holes | |||
and torque to |
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| 1 and 2 for the LEFT handle of the cable assembly. |
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| CAUTION | 10. Reinstall the mounting screw through the mounting | ||
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| bracket of the back cane, nylon washer, mounting | |||
Damage to the gas cylinder rod WILL oc- | hole in the TOP of the gas cylinder, nylon washer, | ||||
cur if the following steps are NOT followed | mounting bracket and washer and securely tighten | ||||
when the jam nut is torqued against the | with the existing locknut. Torque to | ||||
pivot | block. | 11. Reinstall the recliner cable assemblies onto the back | |||
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4. | Using NO LARGER than | canes. Refer to REPLACING RECLINER CABLES | |||
| pliers, wrap masking tape around the teeth of the | in this procedure of the manual. |
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| pliers two (2) or (3) revolutions. | Headrest | Back Cane | ||
5. | Using NO excessive force, hold the gas cylinder | ||||
Extension | |||||
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| rod just above the jam nut. | Tube |
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6. | While holding the gas cylinder rod and using a 17mm |
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| wrench, turn the jam nut CLOCKWISE and torque | Spreader |
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| the RIGHT and LEFT jam nuts against the RIGHT |
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| and LEFT pivot blocks to | Bar | Mounting | ||
CHANGING BACK HEIGHT | Mounting | Screw | |||
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Bracket | Washers | ||||
(FIGURE 5) |
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1. | Press the push pins on the headrest extension tubes | Push | Locknut | ||
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| in and remove headrest extension from back canes. | Pin |
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2. | Remove the recliner cables from the back canes. |
| Mounting | ||
| Refer to REPLACING RECLINER CABLE ASSEM- |
| Screw | ||
| BLIES in this procedure of the manual. |
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3. | Remove the mounting screws, washers and lock- |
| Seat Frame | ||
| nuts that secure the TOP of the gas cylinders to the |
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| mounting bracket on the back canes. |
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4.Remove the mounting screws, washers and lock- nuts that secure the back canes to the seat frame.
5. Remove the existing recliner back assembly from NOTE: Upholstery not shown for clarity.
the wheelchair.
FIGURE 5 - CHANGING BACK HEIGHT
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