PROCEDURE 16

RWD WHEELCHAIRS

Installing

1. Install battery tray onto base frame.

R2. Secure the rear of the battery tray to battery mount

Wbrackets with existing locknuts. Torque to 160-inch

D

pounds.

W3. Secure the front of the battery tray to the base frame

Hwith existing mounting screws and locknuts. Torque

Eto 160-inch pounds.

E

L4. Reinstallthebatterybox.RefertoINSTALLING/REMOV-

CING BATTERY BOX - GROUP 22 BATTERY BASE

HFRAMES in PROCEDURE 9 of this manual.

A

ILocknutsBolts

R

S

*Rubber

 

Base

Element

 

 

Frame

 

Battery Tray

 

 

*NOTE:Illustrationdepictstherubberelement.BatteryBox Tray removes in the same manner for shock assembly.

FIGURE 2 - REMOVING/INSTALLING GROUP 22

BATTERY BOX TRAY

EQUIPMENT OPTION

CONVERTING GROUP 22 BATTERY BOX TRAY TO GROUP 24 BATTERY BOX SUB FRAMA ASSEMBLY

Removing Group 22 Components (FIGURE 3)

1.Remove the battery box. Refer to INSTALLING/RE-

MOVING GROUP 22 BATTERY BOX/BATTERIES in PROCEDURE 9 of this manual.

2.Remove the battery box tray. Refer to REMOVING/ INSTALLINGTHEGROUP22BATTERYBOXTRAY in this procedure of the manual.

3.Remove the wiring harness. Refer to REMOVING/ INSTALLING THE WIRING HARNESS in PROCE- DURE 10 of this manual.

NOTE:Thebatteryboxtrayandthebatterymountbracketswill notbereused.Mountingscrewsandspacerswillbereused.

4.Remove the four (4) mounting screws that secure the battery mount brackets to the base frame.

5.Remove the battery mount brackets.

 

Spacer

Battery Mount

 

Bracket

 

Mounting

 

Screws

Base

 

 

Frame

*Rubber Element

 

(or Shock Assembly)

 

*NOTE: Illustration depicts rubber element. Battery Mount Brackets remove in the same manner for the shock assembly.

FIGURE 3 - REMOVING GROUP 22 COMPONENTS

Installing Group 24 Components (FIGURE 4)

1.Line up the mounting holes in the front of the NEW battery box sub-frame and the NEW wiring harness w/bracket with the mounting holes in the base frame (FIGURE 5).

2.Install the two (2) mounting screws through the wiring harness w/bracket, battery box sub-frame, and base frame (FIGURE 5).

3.Install the locknuts onto mounting screws. Torque to 160-inch pounds (FIGURE 5).

WARNING

The Battery Box Retainer/Retainer Clip MUST be fastened securely in place be- fore using the wheelchair. Use Loctite 242 and torque to 160-inch pounds.

4.Position the retainer clip between the NEW battery box sub-frame and the top of the rubber element or shock assemblymakingsuretheretainerclipmountingholeis towards the bottom and the closed end of the clip is againstthebatteryboxretainerbar (FIGURE5).

NOTE: Make sure the closed end of the battery box re- tainer clip is pointing up.

5.Install the mounting screw that secures the retainer clip to the battery box sub-frame. Use Loctite® 242 and torque to 160-inch pounds (FIGURE 5).

6.Line up the NEW battery box retainer bar and spacers with mounting holes in the base frame (FIGURE 5).

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Arrow FWD, RWD, MWD specifications

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