Invacare A-6 Mobility Aid User Manual


 
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Removing
1. Press in on the locking lever and lift the T-arm straight
up and out of the T-arm socket.
NOTE: If the T-arm does not slide up and down in the T-
arm socket as desired, adjust the T-arm socket. Refer to
ADJUSTING THE T-ARMS in this section of the manual.
2. Repeat STEP 2 for the opposite side of the wheel-
chair.
A. Tighten - Tightening the set screws on the out-
side T-arm post will make it harder to move the
inside T-arm post up and down.
B. Loosen - Loosening the set screws on the out-
side T-arm post will make it easier to move the
inside T-arm post up and down.
3. Lock the T-arm by flipping the T-arm release lever
towards the front of the wheelchair.
FIGURE 2 - INSTALLING/REMOVING THE T-ARMS
Adjusting T-Arm Width (FIGURE 4)
1. Remove the two (2) phillips screws that secure the
arm pad to the arm tube.
2. Turn the arm pad around and reposition the arm
pad on the arm tube.
3. Re-secure the arm pad to the arm tube with the two
(2) phillips screws.
4. Repeat for the opposite side, if necessary.
FIGURE 4 - ADJUSTING THE T-ARM WIDTH
Phillips
Screw
Arm Tube
Phillips Screw
Arm Pad
ADJUSTING THE T-ARMS
Adjusting T-Arm Height (FIGURE 3)
1. Unlock the T-arm by flipping the T-arm release lever
towards the inside of the wheelchair.
NOTE: If necessary, Pull out on the T-arm release lever
and rotate 180
o
so it can be flipped towards the outside
of the wheelchair.
2. Slide the T-arm to one (1) of:
A. Low Height T-Arms - Nine (9) positions.
B. High Height T-Arms - Seven (7) positions.
NOTE: If the inside T-arm post does not slide up and
down in the outside T-arm post as desired, perform one
(1) of the following:
T-Arm
Socket
Slot
Locking Lever
(Towards the
front of the
wheelchair.)
T-Arm
Wheelchair
Frame
FIGURE 3 - ADJUSTING T-ARM HEIGHT
Set
Screws
T-Arm Release Lever -
Unlocked Position
Outside
T- Arm Post
T-Arm Release Lever - Locked Position
Inside T-Arm
Post
PROCEDURE 8ARMS