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Fat-Tad Supplemental Owner’s Manual Find us online at SunSeeker.Bike Revised 8/2015...
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Congratulations and welcome to the Sun Seeker Recumbent family! You have selected one of the most comfortable and advanced recumbents on the market. Please read this manual before riding your Sun Seeker Recumbent. In this manual you will find that we cover the basics for setting up and understanding your new recumbent.
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Fat-Tad Reference Views Side View Top View...
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Fat-Tad Assembly Reference FAT-TAD PARTS LIST ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY Main Frame Crank Boom Assembly Right Front Wheel Assembly Left Front Wheel Assembly Rear Wheel Assembly Quick Release for Rear Wheel (Not Pictured Above) Headset Seal Headset Bearing Headset Adjust Cone Headset Compression Ring Headset Spacer 10mm Headset Top Cap &...
Assembly Guide Front Wheel and Handlebar Installation Install #7 Headset Seal and #8 Headset Bearing (after lubricating bearing with grease) onto steer tube of the #3 Right Front Wheel Assembly. Insert steer tube into right-hand head tube. See Figure A. Install #8 Bearing (after lubricating bearing with grease,) #7 Headset Seal, #9 Headset Adjust Cone, #10 Headset Compression Ring and two (2) #11 Headset Spacers onto the steer tube.
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Steering Linkage Installation Install #15 Steering Linkage Assembly, using supplied hardware, into the inboard Steering Arm Tab holes (closest to rider.) See Figures C, D, E. Rear Wheel and Derailleur Installation Install #5 Rear Wheel Assembly into the rear frame drop outs. Tighten quick-release properly. See Figure Install #22 Rear Derailleur onto the rear frame derailleur tab.
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Setting Front Wheel Toe-In Angle With the trike on the ground and wheels fixed in the straight ahead position, measure from the front of the left wheel centerline across to the front of the right wheel centerline. Record that measurement. See Figure H. Repeat the above for the rear left wheel centerline across to the rear right wheel centerline.
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Crank Boom Installation Install #2 Crank Boom Assembly into the front on the frame. For now, insert midway and secure crank boom bolts. See Figure K. NOTE: DO NOT extend #2 Crank Boom Assembly past the safety line marked clearly on the boom. See Figure L.
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Chain and Chain Tube Installation Route chain through front derailleur and then into the #23 Chain Tube Assembly. Position the longer chain tubes above the front axle and the shorter one below with the ends of the chain to the rear of the trike. Also make sure the “Y” spring brackets are pointed toward the rear of the trike. To install chain onto crank, pull just enough chain out of #23 Chain Tube Assembly to go around chainring.
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Seat Assembly and Installation Install M10x110 Bolt through set of holes toward the back of #1 Main Frame and secure with nut provided. See Figure P. Install #16 Seat Frame Assembly onto M10x110 Bolt and secure with #17 Quick Release Seat Pins. See Figure O & Q. Install two (2) #19 Upper Seat Struts and four (4) ½...
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Pedal Installation Apply grease to the threads of the #25 Pedals. This will protect both the threads of the pedal and the crank arm over time. Use pedal washers where required. Using your hands, thread the #25 Pedals (marked for L or R) into the respective left or right crank arms by turning them toward the front of the bike.
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Failure to do so may result in loss of control resulting in a serious or fatal accident. Sun Seeker Bicycles PO Box 161859, Miami, FL 33116-1859...
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I have a fat tad had to put new cable on for the front shifter and can’t get it adjusted correctly, will not shift