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SECTION 9—REAR WHEELS/FRONT CASTERS
Adjusting Quick-Release Axles
NOTE: For this procedure, refer to FIGURE 9.3.
1. Remove rear wheel and quick‐release axle from the wheelchair. Refer to
Removing/Installing Rear Wheels on page 48.
2. Depress detent pin in the quick‐release axle and slide the quick‐release axle through
the rear wheel hub.
3. Release detent pin to ensure that the locking pins are fully released.
4. Increase or decrease end play by adjusting the locknut on the end of the quick‐release axle.
WARNING
Make sure the detent pin of the quick
release axle is fully released BEFORE
operating the wheelchair.
Keep locking pins clean.
5. Reinstall rear wheel onto the wheelchair.
Refer to Removing/Installing Rear
Wheels on page 48.
6. Repeat STEPS 4‐5 until the quick
release axle detent pins are fully
released past the wheelchair frame.
Replacing Handrims
NOTE: for this procedure, refer to FIGURE 9.4.
1. Remove the rear wheel from the wheelchair. Refer to Removing/Installing Rear
Wheels on page 48.
2. Remove the mounting screws that secure the existing handrim to the rear wheel.
3. Remove the existing handrim.
4. Install the new handrim and secure to
the rear wheel with the existing
mounting screws.
5. Reinstall the rear wheel to the
wheelchair. Refer to
Removing/Installing Rear Wheels on
page 48.
6. Repeat STEPS 1‐5 for opposite wheel, if
necessary.
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AX3
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Frame
Locking Pin
Axle Spacer
(Conventional
Arms Only)
FIGURE 9.3 Adjusting Quick-Release Axles
Rear Wheel
Handrim
FIGURE 9.4 Replacing Handrims
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Locknut
Detent
Pin
Rear
Wheel
Hub
Quick-Release
Axle
Mounting
Screws
Part No 1143216
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