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PROCEDURE 14RECLINER
Headrest
Extension Tube
Back Cane
Spreader Bar
CHANGING BACK HEIGHT
(FIGURE 8)
1. Press the push pins on the headrest extension tubes
in and remove the headrest extension from the back
canes.
2. Remove the existing recliner back upholstery from the
wheelchair. Refer to
REPLACING BACK OR HEAD-
REST UPHOLSTERY in this procedure of the manual.
3. Remove the recliner cables from the back canes.
Refer to
REPLACING RECLINER CABLE AS-
SEMBLIES in this procedure of the manual.
4. Remove the shoulder screws, washers and locknuts
that secure the TOP of the gas cylinders to the back
canes.
5. Remove the shoulder screws, washers and locknuts
that secure the back canes to the seat frame.
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. Thread 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 the two (2) bottom mounting holes of the 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
to 13 ft. lbs.
9. Reinstall the shoulder screw, washer and locknut
through the back cane and seat frame mounting holes.
10. Torque to 13 ft. lbs.
11. Reinstall the shoulder screw through the mounting
bracket of the back cane, nylon washer, mounting
hole in the TOP of the gas cylinder, nylon washer,
mounting bracket and washer.
12. Securely tighten with the existing locknut.
13. Torque to 75-inch pounds.
14. Reinstall the recliner cable assemblies onto the back
canes. Refer to
REPLACING RECLINER CABLE
ASSEMBLIES in this procedure of the manual.
NOTE: Upholstery NOT
SHOWN for clarity.
NOTE: There are three (3) different cable lengths depend-
ing on back height:
CABLE LENGTH BACK HEIGHT
Short 18-1/2 and 20-inches
Medium 22 and 24-inches
Long 26-inches
NOTE: New recliner cables will be needed if the back
height is changed to a height not within the length of the
original cable.
15. Install the new back upholstery onto the back canes.
Refer to REPLACING BACK OR HEADREST UP-
HOLSTERY in this procedure of the manual.
16. Reinstall the headrest extension onto the recliner back
canes.
17. Adjust the tautness of the back and headrest uphol-
stery. Refer to
ADJUSTING BACK OR HEADREST
UPHOLSTERY in this procedure of the manual.
FIGURE 8 - CHANGING BACK HEIGHT
Push
Pin
Shoulder Screw
Washers
Locknut
Shoulder Screw
Seat Frame