Invacare User guide manual Adjusting Front Castors

NOTE:

Motor lock disengagement/engagement allows free wheeling or joystick controlled operation. Free wheeling allows an assistant to manoeuvre the wheelchair without power.

11.2Adjusting Front Castors

1.Remove the headtube cover from the castor headtube.

2.To properly tighten castor journal system and guard against flutter, perform the following check:

•Tip back the wheelchair to floor.

•Pivot both forks and castors to top of their arc simultane- ously.

•Let castors drop to bottom of arc (wheels should swing once to one-side, then immediately rest in a straight downward position).

•Adjust locknuts according to freedom of castor swing.

3.Test wheelchair for manoeuvrability.

4.Readjust locknuts if necessary, and repeat STEPS 1-3 until correct.

5.Snap headtube cover into the castor headtube.

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