Replacing The Anti-Dive Spring And/Or Its Plastic Guides - Invacare Tornado Service Manual

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Replacing the Anti-Dive Spring and/or its plastic guides

CAUTION! Danger of the wheelchair tipping over or rolling away!
• Secure the wheelchair from tipping over by propping it up with a wooden block under the
battery box that is long and wide enough! Using a wooden block that is too short or too high
could cause the wheelchair to tip over!
• Switch the wheelchair off at the remote!
Requirements:
•
13 mm open-ended wrench
• 5 mm Allen key
•
6 mm Allen key
Note
Pay attention to small pieces, and the order in which the components are disassembled. Arrange
them in an orderly fashion so they can easily be assembled again in the right order.
•
Prop up the wheelchair by lifting it up on the side that
you want to work on and then placing the wooden
block underneath the battery box on that side (1).
•
Use the 5 mm Allen key to loosen and remove the
screw that holds the wheel (2).
•
Pull the wheel off the axle.
•
Use the 6 mm Allen key to loosen and
remove the bolts (1) that hold the outer
shroud.
•
Release the rear plastic clip (2) that attaches
the inner and outer shrouds.
• Remove the outer shroud.
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