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SERVICE MANUAL
Remove the backrest upholstery and slide up the protecting sleeves of the backrest bands along the tube until the fixing screws A are visible.
In the fixing point, you will also see a steel buckle B.
If the bolt is not accessible, remove the mudguard if it is removable or tilt the backrest backward by means of its adjustment system (see
backrest angle adjustment sheet).
Remove bolt and nut A.
The backrest tubes have only one hole that is originally drilled according to the height requested in the order form.
On the pictures above, you can see that the fixing point is the 1.
The point 1a could be a new hole to lower the backrest height and that is possible without creating problem (you may need to cut off the
bottom side of the tube), in fact, the hole 1 will be underneath and within the tube of the backrest structure. While drilling the hole on the
tube, pay attention to aligning the handle grip (if present).
Should you cut off the bottom side the tube, insert the buckle B on the tube and put a few turns of sticky tape C around the extremity of the
tube to reduce a possible play.
Insert bolt and nut A and tighten without overtightening to avoid damaging the carbon fibre.
The 1b, on the other hand, would be the point where to drill a new hole to increase the backrest height, but, by doing so, the
hole 1 would be out of the backrest structure and it would create a situation of possible breakage of the tube during normal use
of the wheelchair. This operation is not allowed.
Warning: to guarantee a good stability, between the fixing hole and the lower side of the tube, there should be at least 4 cm.
The carbon fibre backrest tube is not suitable to fixing any clamps, such as those used for a postural system hardware.
Note: if the backrest tube is assembled on a aluminium or titanium backrest structure, follows these same instructions.
REHATEAM s.r.l.—vicolo Negrelli 5—31040 Castagnole di Paese TV - www.rehateamprogeo.com
BACKREST HEIGHT
Carbon fibre backrest
B
A
1a
B
1
1b
C
1
1b
Service Manual DUKE 27
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