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Retractable tie downs (TOR)
Removing the TOR HD Quattro
Express wheelchair tie-down
IMPORTANT: First remove the
occupant restraint, as instructed in
the relevant manual.
1.
Release the tension in the rear
tie-downs by pressing the yellow
button, (Fig. 13B), and extending
the webbing to allow the karabiner
be removed from the wheelchair
frame. If the webbing is particularly
tight, it may be necessary to
slightly ’tension’ the webbing with
the hand wheel, (Fig. 13C), while
pressing the yellow button, to
remove the webbing lock on the
retractor.
Fit and use
TOR HD Quattro Express
Bolted - front wheelchair tie-down
1.
Bolted wheelchair tie-downs will have been installed in the vehicle in
accordance with our own and the vehicle converter’s instruction.
Note: if
fitting hardware, other than that provided in this kit, is to be used with the
equivalent fixing bolts (cross sectional and an equivalend grade), namely B.S.
Grade ’S’ (ISO 8.8).
Items torqued to 40Nm.
2.
Extend the webbing and attach the karabiner fixing around the wheelchair’s
securement points with the open gate facing outboard, (Fig. 13A).
Note: It is
not necessary to press the yellow button. Webbing can be extended from the
reel without pressing the yellow button if the lock label, (Fig. 3), is NOT visible.
The yellow button must be pressed if extending webbing with the label in
view, (Fig. 13B). Some wheelchairs will indicate the securement points, (Fig. 5).
3. Slack in the webbing will be taken in automatically by the reel to create an
angle of around 30° to 45° and within the rear view zone, (Fig. 7).
4. Final tensioning is achieved by turning each tensioning handle, (Fig. 13B),
until the webbing is equally taut on each side. The webbing will retract
automatically into the reel.
IMPORTANT: the yellow label must be visible, to
ensure that the reel is locked off, (Fig. 3).
5. Ensure that each rear Quattro Express webbing is approximately of the same
length.
1.
Bolted occupant restraints, as well as T-bolts (T-WBB, T-WBR, T-WRB, T-WTB, T-WTR) will
have been installed in the vehicle in accordance with our own and the vehicle converter’s
instruction.
Note:
if fitting hardware, other than that provided in this kit, is to be used
with the equivalent fixing bolts (cross sectional and an equivalend grade), namely B.S.
Grade ’S’ (ISO 8.8).
Items torqued to 40Nm
2. The componentry, (Fig. 4), is assembled with inertia reel anchorage points, (Fig. 4A),
and the upper 3rd point, (Fig. 4B), fixed to an approved anchorage position on the
vehicle body. The inertia reel should be mounted at an angle of 90/90° as viewed in 2
planes to the road level, (Fig. 4). The reel and its bracketry is bolted through the vehicle
and reinforced on the underside, if required, with the 100mm diameter load spreader
plate and nyloc nut, (Fig. 4A). All bolts T-Bolts should be tightened to a torque of 40Nm.
Note: All vehicle anchorage points may require reinforcement as necessary to meet any
required minimum strength recommendations for the vehicle.
3. Once installed check the free running of webbing into, and out of, the inertia reel and
check the ‘lock up’ facility of the reel by engaging a short tug at various intervals along
the extension and retraction of the webbing in and out of the reel. Disconnect buckles,
(Fig. 4D & E), from fixed tongues, (Fig. 4F & G).
4. Adjust the drop link position at or above the shoulder height to comfortably suit the
user, (Fig. 4C), and draw the running Buckle, (Fig. 4D) across the occupant, through the
furthest arm of the wheelchair and connect to the wheelchair retractors tongue, (Fig. 2),
to form a diagonal belt.
5. Pass the buckle, (Fig. 4E) through the near arm of the wheelchair and connect it to the
wheelchair retractors tongue bracket, (Fig. 2), forming the complete lap and diagonal.
The lap belt anchor points should be positioned to achieve belt angles of 30° or more to
the horizontal and preferably between 45° and 75° in order to fit low across the pelvis
reducing the possibility of the belt loading the abdomen, (Fig 3).
6. The pelvic restraint is designed to bear upon the bony structure of the body and should
be worn low across the front of the pelvis with any junctions between the pelvic and
shoulder restraints located near the wearer’s hips.
