Invacare DLX - Manual (Page 21)

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FIGURE 3 - REPLACING SCREW-ON BACK
UPHOLSTERY
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REPLACING SEAT UPHOLSTERY
(FIGURE 4)
1. Remove the eight (8) phillips screws and washers
that secure the existing seat upholstery to the
crossbraces.
2. Remove the existing seat upholstery from the
crossbraces.
3. Ensure positioning of seat positioning strap (if used).
Refer to INSTALLING THE SEAT POSITIONING
STRAP in PROCEDURE 9 of this manual.
4. Install new seat upholstery by reversing STEPS 1-2.
Seat
Extension
Spacer
Phillips Screws
Seat Upholstery
SEAT AND BACK PROCEDURE 3
FIGURE 4 - REPLACING SEAT UPHOLSTERY
Plug Button
Seat Extension Tube
Crossbrace
FIGURE 5 - ADJUSTING SEAT DEPTH
ADJUSTING SEAT DEPTH (FIGURE 5)
1. Remove the existing seat upholstery from the wheel-
chair. Refer to REPLACING THE SEAT UPHOL-
STERY in this section of the manual.
NOTE: If adjusting the seat depth of the wheelchair, the
seat upholstery MUST be changed as well.
2. Remove the two (2) plug buttons from the ends of
the crossbraces that are towards the front of the
wheelchair.
NOTE: The two (2) plug buttons will be used in the ends
of the seat extensions.
3. Install the two (2) seat extension tubes into the ends
on the crossbraces. Line up the second mounting
hole from the rear of the seat extension tube with the
mounting hole in the crossbrace.
4. Install the two (2) seat extension spacers onto the
two (2) seat extension tubes.
ADJUSTING SEAT WIDTH (FIGURE 6)
WARNING
Adjusting the seat width of the wheelchair
MUST be performed by a qualified technician.
1. Remove the existing back and seat upholstery from
the wheelchair. Refer to REPLACING THE BACK
UPHOLSTERY and REPLACING THE SEAT UP-
HOLSTERY in this section of the manual.
NOTE: If adjusting the seat width of the wheelchair, back
and seat upholstery as well as the crossbraces MUST
be replaced.
2. Perform one (1) of the following:
TRACER TITAN/SX/SX RECLINER/DLX (BUILT
AFTER MARCH 13, 2000) -
a. Remove the button head screws and locknuts that
secure the two (2) pivot links to the cross-braces.
b. Remove the four (4) phillips screws and locknuts
that secure the insert tube to the lower wheelchair
frame.
c. Remove the inserts from the rear of the wheel-
chair.
Seat Upholstery
Phillips Screws
Phillips Screws
Washers
Washers
Back Upholstery
5. Install the new seat upholstery onto the wheelchair.
Make sure to line up the mounting holes in the seat
extension tubes and seat extension spacers with the
new seat upholstery. Refer to REPLACING THE
SEAT UPHOLSTERY in this section of the manual.
6. Install plug buttons into the ends of the seat exten-
sion spacers.
NOTE: If changing the seat width of the SX Recliner the
spreader bar and headrest upholstery MUST be
changed. The headrest pillow may need to be changed
according to the chart below.
HEADREST PILLOW SEAT WIDTH RANGES
14-inches, 16-18-inches, 20-inches, or 22-inches
NOTE: if the seat width required is within the range of
the original headrest pillow, the original headrest pillow
may still be used.