Removing And Fitting The Rear Wheels; Transporting The Occupied Wheelchair In A Vehicle - Invacare Action 2 NG User Manual

7.4 Removing and fitting the rear wheels

WARNING!
Risk of overturning
If the removable axle of a rear wheel is not fully
engaged, the wheel can become loose during
use. This can lead to overturning.
– Always ensure that the removable axles are
fully engaged whenever you fit a wheel.
Removing the rear wheels
1. Release the brakes.
2. With one hand, hold the wheelchair upright.
3. With the other, hold the wheel through the external
spoke rim around the wheel hub.
4. Using your thumb, press the removable axle button A.
Keep it pressed and pull the wheel out of the adapter
sleeve B.
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Fitting the rear wheels
1. Release the brakes.
2. With one hand, hold the wheelchair upright.
3. With the other, hold the wheel through the external
spoke rim around the wheel hub.
4. Using your thumb, press the removable axle button and
hold it down.
5. Push the axle into the adapter sleeve B up to the stop.
6. Release the removable axle button and make sure that
the wheel is secure.
7.5 Transporting the occupied wheelchair in a
vehicle
Even when the wheelchair is properly secured and the
following rules are met, injuries to passengers may occur
in a collision or sudden stop. Therefore Invacare strongly
recommends transferring the wheelchair user to the vehicle
seat with the seatbelt on. Do not make alterations or
substitutions to points of the wheelchair (structure, frame or
parts) without the written consent of Invacare Corporation.
The wheelchair has been successfully tested according to
the requirements of ISO 7176–19 (Frontal impact).
WARNING!
Risk of serious injury or death
To use the wheelchair as a seat in a vehicle the
backrest height minimum must be at least 400
mm.
To transport the wheelchair with user in a vehicle, a
restraint system must be installed in the vehicle. Wheelchair
tie-downs and occupant restraint systems must be approved
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