WHEELS/MOTORS

SECTION 12

WHEELS/MOTORS

 

 

REMOVING/INSTALLING THE RIM AND/OR TIRE (FIGURE 6)

NOTE: This procedure is for wheelchairs equipped with heavy duty gearless/brushless motors before 1/26/04 and standard gearless/brushless motors after 1/25/04.

REMOVING

1.Remove the battery boxes. Refer to REMOVING/INSTALLING BATTERY BOXES in SECTION 9 of this manual.

WARNING

If wheelchair is equipped with pneumatic tires, deflate tire BEFORE removing rim - otherwise serious personal injury and damage will result.

2.If the wheelchair is equipped with pneumatic tires, deflate the tire.

3.Remove the five (5) mounting screws that secure the rim to the gearless/brushless motor.

4.Remove the rim and tire from the gearless/brushless motor.

INSTALLING

1.Perform one (1) of the following:

A.Pneumatic Tires - Secure new/existing rim and new/existing pneumatic tire [w/ new tube (if applicable)] to the gearless/brushless motor and torque the five

(5) mounting screws to 160 in-lbs.

B.Flat Free Tires

NOTE: In order to install the tire with flat free properly, the tire must be compressed to a certain point to allow the use of the 16 mm length mounting screws. This is accomplished by first using three (3) 25 mm length mounting screws threaded in every other mounting hole. The longer mounting screws are not to be threaded completely into the GB motor. They are to be threaded 1/4-inch only to provide compression of the tire.

DETAIL “A”

M8-1-1/4-25mm Mounting Screw

Gearless/

Brushless

TireMotor

Five (5)

M8-1-1/4-16mm

Mounting Screws

Rim

FIGURE 6 - REMOVING/INSTALLING THE RIM AND/OR TIRE

3G Storm Series® Wheelchairs

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Invacare Ranger X RWD REMOVING/INSTALLING the RIM AND/OR Tire Figure, Mounting screws to 160 in-lbs Flat Free Tires