Adjusting Forks - Invacare XTERRA GT User Manual

10.2

Adjusting forks

1. Remove the headtube cover from the castor headtube.
2. To properly tighten castor journal system and guard against flutter, perform the following check:
• Tip back the wheelchair to floor.
• Pivot both forks and castors to top of their arc simultaneously.
• Let castors drop to bottom of arc (wheels should swing once to one-side, then immediately
rest in a straight downward position).
• Adjust locknuts according to freedom of
castor swing.
3. Test wheelchair for manoeuvrability.
4. Readjust locknuts if necessary, and repeat
STEPS 1-3 until correct.
5. Snap headtube cover into the castor
headtube.
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Fork
NOTE: Components exploded for clarity. There is no need
to remove the fork from the base frame.
Locknut