SECTION 16—MANUAL RECLINERS
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3. Remove the mounting screws, washers and locknuts that secure the Top of the gas
cylinders to the mounting bracket on the back canes.
4. Remove the mounting screws, washers and locknuts that secure the back canes to the
seat frame.
5. Remove the existing recliner back assembly from the wheelchair.
6. Turn the spreader bar on the existing back canes clockwise (toward back upholstery)
and remove the spreader bar from the existing back canes.
7. Loosely install the spreader bar onto the new back cane handles by rotating the
spreader bar Counterclockwise (away from the back canes).
NOTE: If the spreader bar does not thread onto the back canes, do not force. Turn the spreader bar
around and repeat STEP 7.
8. Line up two bottom mounting holes of back canes with the two mounting holes in the
seat frame.
WARNING
The back canes MUST be fastened securely to the seat frame BEFORE using the
wheelchair. Torque mounting screws to 156 in-lbs.
9. Reinstall the mounting screw, washer and locknut through the back cane and seat
frame mounting holes and torque to 156 in-lbs (13 ft-lbs)(17.62 Nm).
10. Reinstall the mounting screw through the mounting bracket of the back cane, nylon
washer, mounting hole in the Top of the gas cylinder, nylon washer, mounting bracket
and washer and securely tighten with the existing locknut. Torque to 75 in-lbs (6.25
ft-lbs)(8.47 Nm).
11. Reinstall the recliner cable assemblies onto the back canes. Refer to Replacing Recliner
12. Install the new back upholstery onto the back canes.
13. Install the ten or twelve mounting screws (depending on back height) that secure the
back upholstery to the recliner back canes.
14. Reinstall headrest extension onto recliner back canes.
15. Adjust the tautness of the back and headrest upholstery. Refer to Adjusting Back or
Headrest Upholstery in the user manual, part number 1104782.