RECLINER

SECTION 14

 

 

6.Turn the spreader bar on the existing back canes CLOCKWISE (toward back upholstery) and remove the spreader bar from the existing back canes.

7.Loosely install the spreader bar onto the NEW back cane handles by rotating the spreader bar COUNTERCLOCKWISE (away from the back canes).

NOTE: If the spreader bar does not thread onto the back canes, do not force. Turn the spreader bar around and repeat STEP 7.

8.Line up two (2) bottom mounting holes of back canes with the two (2) mounting holes in the seat frame.

WARNING

The back canes MUST be fastened securely to the seat frame BEFORE using the wheelchair. Torque mounting screws to 156 in-lbs.

9.

Reinstall the mounting screw, washer

Headrest

Back Cane

 

and locknut through the back cane and

 

Extension Tube

 

 

seat frame mounting holes and torque

 

 

 

 

 

to 156 in-lbs.

 

 

 

 

10.

Reinstall the mounting screw through

Spreader

 

 

the mounting bracket of the back cane,

Bar

Mounting

 

 

 

nylon washer, mounting hole in the

Mounting

Screw

 

TOP of the gas cylinder, nylon washer,

 

 

Bracket

Washers

 

mounting bracket and washer and

 

 

 

 

securely tighten with the existing

 

Locknut

 

locknut. Torque to 75 in-lbs.

 

 

11.

Reinstall the recliner cable assemblies

Push

Mounting

Pin

 

onto the back canes. Refer to

Screw

 

 

 

REPLACING RECLINER CABLES in

 

 

 

this section of the manual.

 

 

Seat Frame

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: There are three (3) different cable

 

 

lengths depending on back height:

 

 

BACK HEIGHT (in inches)

18-1/2, 20

22, 24 26

 

 

CABLE LENGTH

Short

Medium Long

NOTE: Upholstery not shown for clarity.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: New recliner cables will be needed if

FIGURE 5 - CHANGING BACK

back height is changed to a height not within

HEIGHT

 

the length of the original cable.

 

 

 

 

 

12.Install the NEW back upholstery onto the back canes.

13.Install the ten (10) or twelve (12) mounting screws (depending on back height) that secure the back upholstery to the recliner back canes.

14.Reinstall headrest extension onto recliner back canes.

15.Adjust the tautness of the back and headrest upholstery. Refer to ADJUSTING BACK OR HEADREST UPHOLSTERY in the Owner’s Manual, part number l104782.

RECLINER

Part No. 1104849

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3G Storm Series® Wheelchairs

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Invacare Ranger X RWD Locknut through the back cane, Mounting bracket of the back cane, Nylon washer, mounting hole