Power steering (adjustment)
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Removal
1. Unscrew and remove the foot plate if
required. It is mounted with 8 screws.
See the figure to the right.
2. Block up the front wheel assembly or tip
the wheelchair onto its side.
NB. Do not lift the seat. There is a risk
that the seat lift will be damaged.
3. Unscrew and remove the protective
plate under the front wheel assembly.
4. If necessary, loosen the cable tie for the
cable located on the mounting under the
potentiometer.
5. Loosen the locking tongue on the
cable's contact and pull it out from the
potentio-meter.
6. Loosen the two screws on either side of
the potentiometer.
7. Pull the potentiometer off the axle.
8. Remove the axle, which is held in place
with two screws.
Fitting
1. Fit the axle on the steering mechanism
using the two screws.
2. Lubricate the O-ring with grease. Adjust
the bevel on the axle journal so that it
corresponds with the potentiometer.
Press the potentiometer carefully into
place on the axle.
Screw the potentiometer in place in the
holes provided under the front wheel
assembly. It is screwed in place with one
screw on each side.
3. Connect the potentiometer's cable to the
potentiometer.
4. Fix the cable by tying it in place under
the potentiometer on the mounting.
5. Screw the protective plate in place
under the front wheel assembly.
6. Refit the foot plate.
Changing the potentiometer, front
wheel assembly
Foot plate
Protective plate under the front wheel assembly
Potentiometer
Cable tie
Locking
tongue
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