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12 Care and maintenance
(!) When necessary, lubricate moving parts/joints with bicycle oil or similar.
* The user may experience several of these problems if the wheelchair is incorrectly adjusted or is being incorrectly
used.
Fault-finding chart
Problem* Solution
The wheelchair pulls to the side
The wheelchair feels “heavy” to propel
The wheelchair feels “heavy” to turn
Brakes not effective
Rear wheels “loose”
Rear wheels hard to remove/replace
The castors “wobble”
The wheelchair is hard to fold/unfold
The wheelchair feels “awkward”
- Inflate the tyres
- Adjust the angle of the front fork attachment.
- Check that the front fork attachments are mounted at the same
height.
- Rear wheel mountings are incorrectly fitted
- The user is distributing weight unevenly
- Inflate the tyres
- Rear wheel mountings are incorrectly fitted
- Clean the castor axles from hair and dirt
- Too much weight over the castors. Adjust the centre of balance.
- Inflate the tyres
- Check that the front fork attachments are not too tight.
- Adjust the front fork attachment’s angular setting
- Clean the castor axles from dirt
- Too much weight over the castors. Adjust the centre of balance
- Inflate the tyres
- Adjust the distance between brake and tyre
- Adjust the length of the axle shaft
- Clean and lubricate quick release with cycle oil or similar
- Adjust the length of the axle shaft
- The front forks are not tight enough
- Check that the front fork attachments are mounted at the same
height
- Adjust the front fork attachment’s angular setting
- Too much weight over the castors. Adjust the centre of balance
- The upholstery is too tight
- Clean and lubricate the cross-brace under the seat
- Inflate the tyres
- Check that screws, nuts and bolts are properly tightened
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