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2.1 Installing the wheels
From a technical point of view, the stub axles [6] of the twion wheels are similar to the
stub axles of your usual manual wheelchair wheels. In this respect you can attach the
twion wheels to your wheelchair in the usual way.
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Switch off the twion wheels before attaching them to the wheelchair
(see chapter 2.3).
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Press the locking mechanism [3] at the centre of the wheel hub and at the same time
push the stub axle [6] of the twion wheel into the wheel receiver [7] on the wheel-
chair.
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You might need to rotate the twion wheel a few millimetres around its axle so that
the fins [5] located on the rear of the wheel click into place in the wheel receiver [7].
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Check whether the twion wheel can be pulled out of the wheel receiver [7] without
pressing the locking mechanism [3]. If so, the twion wheel is not sitting correctly in
the wheel receiver [7] and needs to be inserted again as described previously.
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Attach the second twion wheel on the other side of the wheelchair.
In these few steps, you have attached the twion wheels to your wheelchair.
The twion wheels must be switched off before attaching them to the
wheelchair.
Driving is only permitted with twion wheels that are correctly
engaged in the wheel receiver [7].
Before every trip, check that your wheelchair brakes [8] are working
correctly. These need to be correctly adjusted to the twion wheels
and be able to prevent the wheelchair inadvertently rolling away at
any time.
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