Re-Assembling; Brake Release - Quickie Salsa R2 Instructions For Use Manual

WARNINGS!
• Make sure, when the chair is stored or left in the car
or anywhere else, the controller is switched off and the
freewheel mechanisms are engaged.
• If there is a need to lift the drive unit the big side frame
tubes should be used.
• On the MWD use the rear castor arm and the drive wheel.
Caution should be taken if the chair is in freewheel.
To remove the control pod:
VR2: Loosen the adjustment screw on the control arm
and slide the arm out of the bracket, (Fig 5.7). Place the
controller and arm in a safe place until required.
R-net: Locate the in-line bus connector. Gently pull the
plugs apart to separate the loom, (Fig. 5.8).
To reconnect the hand control just repeat the process in
reverse.

5.3 Re-Assembling

Flip up, (Rehab), or replace, (Standard), the backrest
into the receivers and tighten the lever screws carefully.
If required reconnect the remote controller. Attach the
hangers. Make sure your freewheel mechanisms are
engaged. Now you are ready to drive the chair.
WARNING!
• Never lift the wheelchair by the armrests or the leg
rests, since they are detachable and harm could be
done to the user or to the wheelchair.
• The wheelchair is not designed for use with a hoist,
(Fig.5.4)

5.4 Brake release

DANGER!
• The Brake release is only to be used in an emergency
power breakdown situation e.g. Where a large distance
has to be covered to get the user home or into a safe
environment.
• Brake release can also be used if a complete and
catastrophic loss of power such as control system
failure or battery failure has occurred.
• Brake release should not be habitually used as a means
of transporting the user as if in a manual chair.
• When the power chair is functioning normally, the
brake release should only be used to park or store the
unoccupied wheelchair.
• Never push the occupied power chair up or down a
slope with the Brake release in operation.
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SALSAR / SALSA M
2 2
Fig. 5.1
Fig. 5.3
Fig.5.5
Fig.5.7
SALSA R & M Below-from August 2010 (Fig.5.9 - 5.11)
2 2
By rotating the red lever outwards on both sides of the motor
the brakes are released from the motors.
Fig.5.9
DRIVE√
FREEWHEEL
Fig.5.2
Fig. 5.4
Fig.5.6
Fig.5.8
Fig.5.10
DRIVE√
FREEWHEEL
Fig. 5.11
Rev.1.0