Invacare Orbit Owner's Operator And Maintenance Manual page 45

FIGURE 6.5 Adjusting the T-Arms - Adjusting T-Arm Depth
Adjusting T-Arm Sockets
NOTE: For this procedure, refer to FIGURE 6.6.
1. Remove the rear wheels from the wheelchair. Refer to Removing/Installing Rear
Wheels on page 61.
2. Remove the three mounting screws and washers that secure the T‐arm socket and
T‐arm clamp to the wheelchair frame and remove the T‐arm socket from the
wheelchair.
3. If equipped with optional locking pins, remove the locking pins that secure the T‐arm
socket to the wheelchair frame.
4. Loosen, but do not remove the four mounting screws and washers that secure the
T‐arm socket together.
NOTE: The T‐arm socket will disassemble if the four mounting screws and washers are removed.
5. Slide the T‐arm into the T‐arm socket until the lock lever is in the slot in the T‐arm
socket and an audible ʺclickʺ is heard.
6. Squeeze the T‐arm socket together until the socket is flush with the T‐arm.
7. While holding the T‐arm socket together, tighten the four mounting screws and
washers securely.
8. Press in on the locking lever and lift the T‐arm straight up and out of the T‐arm socket.
9. Repeat STEPS 5‐7, if necessary until the T‐arm slides in the T‐arm socket as desired.
10. Reinstall the T‐arm socket onto the wheelchair. Refer to Installing the T‐Arm Sockets
on page 41.
Part No. 1073955
Mounting
Screws
(STEPS 2,4)
Mounting
Screw
(STEPS 1,5)
T-Arm
Post
Arm Pad
NOTE: If necessary,
turn arm tube 180° to
obtain two positions.
Mounting Screw
(STEPS 1,5)
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SECTION 6—ARMS
Arm Tube
Orbit
™