Invacare Pro Series manual Installing/Replacing Handrims - Spoke Rear Wheels FIGURE, Procedure

REAR WHEELS PROCEDURE 6

HANDRIMS

Installing/Replacing Handrims - Spoke Rear Wheels (FIGURE 14)

NOTE: The following procedure is for all spoke rear wheel projection or non-projection handrims.

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 6-7for the remaining phillips screws and locknuts.

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 1-10for the opposite rear wheel if necessary.

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 1-4of INSTALLING/REPLACING HANDRIMS - SPOKE REAR WHEELS in this procedure of the manual.

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 3/4-inch.

OUT - Moving both handrims to the outside mount- ing hole on the mounting tabs will increase theoverallwidthofthewheelchairby3/4-inch.

3.Reinstall the handrim onto the rim by performing STEPS 6-11of INSTALLING/REPLACING HANDRIMS - SPOKE REAR WHEELS in this pro- cedure of the manual.

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Locknut

Mounting	Tabs
	Handrim
FIGURE 14 - INSTALLING/REPLACING/

ADJUSTING HANDRIMS - SPOKE REAR

WHEELS

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