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S E R V I C E M A N U A L
E G O
SERVICE MANUAL
(including the version Custom)
ENGLISH
Rev. 0 - 06/05/2020
Service Manual EGO 1
REHATEAM s.r.l.—vicolo Negrelli 5—31040 Castagnole di Paese TV - www.rehateamprogeo.com

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  • Page 1 S E R V I C E M A N U A L E G O SERVICE MANUAL (including the version Custom) ENGLISH Rev. 0 - 06/05/2020 Service Manual EGO 1 REHATEAM s.r.l.—vicolo Negrelli 5—31040 Castagnole di Paese TV - www.rehateamprogeo.com...
  • Page 2 E G O (including the version Custom) SERVICE MANUAL GENERAL WARNINGS ANY ADJUSTMENT CAN BE CARRIED OUT EXCLUSIVELY BY QUALIFIED AND AUTHORIZED BY REHATEAM® PERSONNEL. It is forbidden to carry out any modifications, even when possible, to the original design. Any adjustments and/or any modification that is carried out by non-authorized personnel will immediately void the warranty on the product and it relieves RehaTEAM®...
  • Page 3 E G O (including the version Custom) SERVICE MANUAL Page adjustment FRONT HEIGHT 1 Caster on fork FRONT HEIGHT 2 Standard fork and axle FRONT HEIGHT 3 Sliding the fork support (not for version with swing away footplates) FORK ANGLE 1 System with hexagon FORK ANGLE 2 System with spirit level FORK ANGLE 3 Fork support V-Design FORK ANGLE 4 Fork support V-Design 2.0...
  • Page 4 FRONT HEIGHT 1 (caster on fork) SERVICE MANUAL Sport – 2 holes – h. 88 Small – 3 holes – h. 112 Fork Medium – 5 holes – h. 152 height Long – 4 holes – h. 178 Holes intervals – 12,7 mm Sport –...
  • Page 5 FRONT HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT 2 (standard fork and axle) SERVICE MANUAL Only for forks with Ø 12 axle hole, it is possible to change the axle P with a longer one (usually 25mm longer). To replace the fork axle, first you need to remove the fork from its support. Remove the cap and, with a 19 mm tubular box spanner while holding the fork with one hand, screw off the locknut B.
  • Page 6 FRONT HEIGHT 3 Sliding the fork support (not for version with swing away footplates) SERVICE MANUAL All the following fork supports are fixed to the frame with clamp system. Once you loose the clamp, you can slide the support along the frame and change the front height. STANDARD SUPPORT SUPPORT WITH SPIRIT LEVEL V -DESIGN SUPPORT...
  • Page 7 FORK ANGLE 1 system with hexagon SERVICE MANUAL WORK ON A FLAT AND EVEN SURFACE. The adjustment is the same for both Exelle and Exelle Vario. The pictures show the assembly on the Exelle Vario. Note that, differently from the models Exelle/Exelle Vario, the support is assembled facing backward; however, in some cases in alcuni casi, it is possible to assemble it facing frontward.
  • Page 8 FORK ANGLE 2 system with spirit level SERVICE MANUAL WORK ON A FLAT EVEN SURFACE. Whenever the seat height is changed or as periodic maintenance, check the fork angle and, if necessary, adjust it in order to have the fork axis perpendicular to the ground.
  • Page 9 FORK ANGLE 2 system with spirit level SERVICE MANUAL Change position of A1 Turn the ring A1 a little in either direction and repeat the same operation above explained. You have to repeat this procedure until the position of the ring A1 allows the bubble to be very close to the circle of the spirit level.
  • Page 10 FORK ANGLE 2 system with spirit level SERVICE MANUAL When adjusting the fork angle avoid: Working on ring A1 and A2 (fork) together form the beginning – this does not give any precise point of reference (as ring A1 does in one any position that you can change if not correct).
  • Page 11 FORK ANGLE 3 V-Design fork support SERVICE MANUAL WORK ON A FLAT EVEN SURFACE. Whenever the seat height is changed or as periodic mainte- nance, check the fork angle and, if necessary, adjust it in order to have the fork axis perpendicular to the ground. To loosen the system: loosen the two bolts A, the two headless bolts B1 B2 and V-Design...
  • Page 12 FORK ANGLE 4 Fork support V-Design 2.0 SERVICE MANUAL WORK ON A FLAT AND EVEN SURFACE Whenever the seat height is changed or as periodic maintenance, check the fork angle and, if necessary, adjust it in order to have the fork axis perpendicular to the ground.
  • Page 13 DIRECTIONALITY SERVICE MANUAL A very important aspect of any wheelchair is its directionality. To check if the wheelchair goes straight, sit on it, push it and let it go until it stops. If something is wrong, the slower the wheelchairs moves forward (momentum close to nothing), the more likely it turns right or left. There- fore, if no or irrelevant turn occurs, the wheelchair is properly adjusted.
  • Page 14 DIRECTIONALITY SERVICE MANUAL ADJUSTING THE DIRECTIONALITY Check that the two forks are perpendicular to the ground. If they are not, proceed with the adjustment of the fork angle following the instruc- tions on the sheet FORK ANGLE ADJUSTMENT. If both forks axis are correct but the wheelchair still turns right or left, it Plastic strapping means that the latitudinal angle is not perfect.
  • Page 15 DIRECTIONALITY SERVICE MANUAL Mounting back the fork of the system V-Design 2.0. Once you have casted the inserts C0 or C2, it is advisable to try to screw the bolt F to check there is no difficulty. Sometimes, in fact, the holes of the inserts C0 or C1 C0 or C1 may have working burr that make the bolt hard to go through.
  • Page 16 REAR HEIGHT SERVICE MANUAL Adjustment every 7.5 mm You can adjust the rear height by changing position of the rear wheel plate A with respect to the adjustment post B. Remove the rear wheel. Remove the 4 bolts C and, where present, the corresponding nuts/washers D. The holes X (the front second and the third starting from the bottom) of the post A are threaded holes (whereas all the other are passing holes) and they cannot use the nut.
  • Page 17 SETTING (point of balance) SERVICE MANUAL Three possible settings: PRUDENTIAL, 60mm; STANDARD, 80 mm; ACTIVE, 100 mm. Fold the seat a little in order to make the operations easier. Remove the bolts A on the central unit of the rear axle (under the seat) that fix the tube B connecting front and rear axles. Remove the rear wheels.

  • Page 18: Side Guard

    SIDE GUARD SERVICE MANUAL After any adjustment of the rear wheel, you will have to adjust the position of the side guard. You should adjust the side guard at approximately 5 mm. The side guard is fixed to the adjustment post X with the bolt C and to the fin of the lateral Y with the bolt D.
  • Page 19 SIDE GUARD SERVICE MANUAL When you increase the rear height, you will have to move the side guard down to ap- proximately 5 mm from the tyre and parallel to it. If the side guard is straight, you can decide whether to modify it or not. After adjustment, put the rear wheel on and measure the distance H from the mudguard to the tyre.
  • Page 20 SIDE GUARD Removable with blade system SERVICE MANUAL After every adjustment of the rear wheel, you have to adjust the position of the side guard. You have to adjust the side guard at approxi- mately 5 mm from the tyre. The side guard is fixed to three points on the blade A that slides in the support B fixed to the frame. Height adjustment: the blade A shows, in its vertical side, a series of holes to fix the bolt C that inserts in the hollow D of the support B.
  • Page 21 SIDE GUARD Removable with blade system SERVICE MANUAL Advice for drilling. While drilling a hole, such hole may result slightly moved with respect to the precise point you marked. For the first hole, that move does not cause any trouble. On the other hand, for the second and third hole, it may cause a non-alignment between hole on the side guard and hole on the blade.
  • Page 22 CAMBER AND CONVERGENCY SERVICE MANUAL The camber on the model Ego is given by the inclination of the rear wheel plate A with respect to the post X. 2° 0° 2° The inclination of the plate A depends on the presence or not of 0.5 mm washers properly positioned under the same plate. Picture 1 shows that the plate A is perfectly aligned with the post X, thus, there is no camber (0°).
  • Page 23 CAMBER AND CONVERGENCY Ego Custom WORK ON A FLAT AND EVEN SURFACE SERVICE MANUAL With cambered wheels, it is necessary to adjust the convergence in order to make the wheelchair very fluent. RECEIVER The wheel receiver gives the rear wheel camber (cambered receiver). The receiver is fixed to the rear wheel plate and, to adjust the convergence, it is necessary to turn the same receiver.
  • Page 24 CAMBER Dynamic rear frame (first version) and Dinamic 2.0 SERVICE MANUAL Narrow side up Slightly move away the rear wheel to get access to the receiver B and get hold of it with the spanner. Check the receiver B is correctly orientated as above mentioned, otherwise, adjust it now. Wider side down Loosen the nut A (that fixes the receiver B) just enough to be able to turn the receiver with the spanner, but without creating play.
  • Page 25 BRAKE SERVICE MANUAL WHEN ADJUSTING THE BRAKES, THE TURES MUST BE INFLATED TO THE CORRECT PRESSURE (except solid tyre) The position of the brake depends on the position of the rear wheel. Freno sport To adjust the brake. Loosen the headless bolt G that you can see on the lower side of the support S. Position the brake-knurled rod P at a distance D of a few millimetres and parallel to the ground.
  • Page 26 BRAKE SERVICE MANUAL WARNING: if you fix the bolt V through the hole in the middle of the support T, it may touch the front semi axis A of the seat folding system. Should that happen, the bolt V may not hold the support S tight, it may damage the semi axis A and, the folding of the seat may result harder.
  • Page 27 BRAKE SPACING SERVICE MANUAL In several cases, the distance between the tyre and the frame can be such as to make need moving the knurled rod P more external. When originally assembling the wheelchair, such possible modification is already taken into account. In case of a post-sale modification that results in the rear wheels being more external (from 0°...
  • Page 28 FOOTPLATE DISTANCE SERVICE MANUAL DOUBLE FOOTPLATE In the former version, the foot- plate tube (RH and LH), one size only, has an integrated plastic support. HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT EVERY 1.5cm Remove the bolts A and their corresponding nuts and washers B. Slide the footplate tube up or down until the necessary height.
  • Page 29 ONE PIECE ALUMINIUM FOOTPLATE WITH AUTOMATIC CLOSURE (COMPACT) SERVICE MANUAL With elliptical tubes ANGLE ADJUSTMENT With round tube: loosen the bolt A of both adjustment supports. With elliptical tube: loosen the grab screw A1 and the bolt A of both adjustment supports. Turn the plate frontward or backward.
  • Page 30 FRONT FRAME JOINING SYSTEM SERVICE MANUAL When the wheelchair is equipped with double footplate or one piece flip-up footplate, ta joining system with stretched band is necessary in order to avoid the two front frames from widening apart while driving the wheelchair and/or when making transfer. If the footplate mounted on this model is the double footplate, the wheelchair.
  • Page 31 ONE PIECE FLIP-UP PLASTIC FOOTPLATE SERVICE MANUAL Lock side Rotation side with elliptical tube ANGLE ADJUSTMENT Leave the footplate engaged in the using position. With round tube: loosen the bolt A of both adjustment supports. With elliptical tube: loosen the grab screw A1 and the bolt A of both adjustment supports. Turn the plate frontward or backward.
  • Page 32 ONE PIECE FLIP-UP PLASTIC FOOTPLATE SERVICE MANUAL You can also change the position of the sole plate with respect to the structure under it that is fixed Remove the three bolts B. To hold the nuts C no spanner is needed. Observe the distance D that you will have to keep after changing position.
  • Page 33 ONE PIECE FLIP-UP ALUMINUM FOOTPLATE Rotation side SERVICE MANUAL Lock side Rotation side with elliptical tube ANGLE ADJUSTMENT Leave the footplate engaged in the using position. With round tube: loosen the bolt A of both adjustment supports. With elliptical tube: loosen the grab screw A1 and the bolt A of both adjustment supports. Turn the plate frontward or backward.
  • Page 34 ONE PIECE FLIP-UP ALUMINUM FOOTPLATE SERVICE MANUAL REVERSING THE FOOTPLATE 1) Loosen the angle adjustment bolts A and slide off the lock and rotation sides supports from the tube and assemble them reversing their position. 2) Or, remove the tubes, follow instructions of chapter footplate distance and assemble them reversing their side.
  • Page 35 ONE PIECE FLIP-UP CARBON FOOTPLATE SERVICE MANUAL Lock side Rotation side with elliptical tube ANGLE ADJUSTMENT Leave the footplate engaged in the using position. With round tube: loosen the bolt A of both adjustment supports. With elliptical tube: loosen the grab screw A1 and the bolt A of both adjustment supports. Turn the plate frontward or backward.
  • Page 36 ONE PIECE FLIP-UP CARBON FOOTPLATE SERVICE MA- CHANGING THE LOCK SIDE WHILE KEEPING THE SAME PLATE POSITION Reverse the footplate position as above indicated on point 1 of the chapter “reversing the footplate”. The footplate is fixed with the rotation tube B and the lock tube C with two bolts D each.
  • Page 37 DOUBLE FOOTPLATE SERVICE MANUAL ANGLE ADJUSTMENT Loosen the bolt A. Turn the plate clock or anti clock wise. Once you find the correct inclination, tighten the bolt. If necessary, you can adjust the inclination of the two independent footplates differently. POSITIONING 2 positions: 2/3 internal or 2/3 external.

  • Page 38: Backrest Height

    BACKREST HEIGHT SERVICE MANUAL Remove the backrest upholstery and slide up the protecting sleeves of the backrest bands along the tube until the fixing bolt/washer/nut A is accessible. If the bolt is not accessible, remove the mudguard - see sheet “mudguard” Screw off the bolt/washer/nut A .

  • Page 39: Backrest Angle

    BACKREST ANGLE 78° 90° 94° SERVICE MANUAL Adjustment from 94° (4° tilted backward) to 78° (12° tilted frontward) with respect to 90° to the seat. Loosen the nut A. Screw or unscrew the adjustment bolt B to open or close the angle of the backrest.

  • Page 40: Quick Release Axle

    QUICK RELEASE AXLE (rear wheel) SERVICE MANUAL Adjust the quick release axle so that the rear wheel is safely fixed with no risk that it comes off accidentally. At the same time, there should be no or very little play. To check if the rear wheel is safely fixed, take hold of the hub without pressing the release button, and try to pull the wheel in and out.
  • Page 41 SEAT WIDTH ENLARGEMENT SERVICE MANUAL It is possible to make the seat width larger by maximum 5-6 mm each side, by modifying the side guard fixing. CUSTOM Remove the bolts A and B (in the version Custom, also the correspond- ing washers and nuts) You have to replace the bolts A and B with 5 mm longer ones.