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B. Remove the phillips screw securing the EXIST-
ING hand brake to the push handle.
C. Pull the EXISTING hand brake off of the push
handle.
NOTE: Remove clamps/hardware located at the end of
the NEW brake wire before performing the following steps.
4. Perform one (1) of the following:
INSTALLING CANE KIT - Install NEW push handle.
A. Turn the adjustment levers COUNTERCLOCK-
WISE.
B. Insert push handles into side frames with the hand
grip facing the back of the rollator as shown in
FIGURE 1.
INSTALLING BRAKE KIT (BEFORE 3/7/00) - Install
NEW hand brake.
A. Position the handbrake assembly under the push
handle so the lock button is facing OUT, the tip of the
hand brake is towards the end of the hand grip and
the brake cable is AWAY from the hand grip.
B. Position the hook portion of the hand brake clamp
through the slot in the hand brake assembly.
C. Install the washer, hex bolt and locknut to secure the
hand brake assembly to the push handle.
D. Securely tighten the locknut.
INSTALLING BRAKE KIT (AFTER 3/8/00) - Install
NEW hand brake.
A. Push the NEW hand brake onto the push handle.
NOTE: If necessary, twist the hand brake while pushing to
install on the push handle.
B. Align the mounting holes of the NEW hand brake with
the mounting hole in the push handle.
C. Install the phillips screw through both mounting holes.
Securely tighten.
D. Apply a thin coat of hair spray on the inside of the
foam grip and on the push handle.
NOTE: This application will make it easier to slide
the grip onto the push handle.
E. Slide new grip onto one end of the push handle.
5. Perform one (1) of the following:
TIE WRAPS REMOVED - Secure the brake cable
to the side frame with a NEW tie wrap.
TIE WRAPS ALREADY INSTALLED - Thread brake
cable through tie wrap to secure to side frame.
6. Install the NEW brake wire. Perform the following:
A. Thread the brake wire through the cable adjuster unit,
cable adjuster unit locknut, spring, hole in the brake
and the hole in the small end of the brake wire clamp.
B. With the brake wire clamp snug against the under-
side of the brake, pull the brake wire through the brake
wire clamp as far as it will go.
C. Tighten the phillips screw in the brake wire clamp to
secure the brake wire to the brake wire clamp.
NOTE: At least one (1) to two (2) inches of wire should be
beyond the large end of the brake wire clamp.
7. Adjust the push handle. Refer to ADJUSTING SPRINT
AND SPARTAN PUSH HANDLES in this instruction
sheet.
8. Adjust the hand brake. Refer to ADJUSTING SPRINT
AND SPARTAN HAND BRAKES in the rollator instruc-
tion sheet.
