Invacare Force-2 - Page 47

Operation
ForceCCRearDiskBrakeOptionLever
Tomaintaincontrolwhendescendingasteeplyinclined
surface,usethefrontandreardiskbrakeoptions.
Thelocationofthefrontdiskbrakeleverisontheright
handpedal.
1.Ifequipped,makesureyourhandisinreadypositiontousethis
brake.
2.Squeezebrakehandle/leverAwithlefthandasneededtoslow
orcometoacompletestop.Maintaincontrolofthesteering
withrighthand.
3.Releasewhendesiredspeedisachieved.
UsingParkingBrake
WARNING!
–Theparkingbrakecanbeusedasanemergencybrake
andcanberepositionedforeaseofuse.
–Beforeattemptingtotransferinoroutofthe
handcycle,everyprecautionshouldbetakentoreduce
thegapdistance.Positionthehandcycleonlevel
groundandascloseaspossibletotheobjectyouare
transferringintooroutof.
–TheobjectyouaretransferringintooroutofMUST
alsobesecuredbeforeattemptinganytransfer.
–TheparkingbrakeofthehandcycleMUSTbeengaged
beforeattemptinganytransfer.
TheForce-2handcyclehasastop-buttonparkingbrake.
Pressbuttonandsqueezelevertoengage.
•ToEngagetheForce2ParkingBrakeA-Squeezethehandle
andpushthepushbuttonuntilthehandlelocksinplace.
•ToDisengagetheParkingBrake-Squeezeandreleasethe
handle.
•ToactivateCableDrivenbrakeBsimplypushleverforward
untilhandlelocksinplace.
Refertophotosonnextpageandin3.3Component
Identification,page27forparkingbrakelocations.
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