Part No. 1104849
115
3G Storm Series
®
Wheelchairs
RECLINER
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 (2) bottom mounting holes of back canes with the two (2) 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.
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.
11. Reinstall the recliner cable assemblies
onto the back canes. Refer to
REPLACING RECLINER CABLES in
this section of the manual.
NOTE: There are three (3) different cable
lengths depending on back height:
BACK HEIGHT (in inches) 18-1/2, 20
22, 24
26
CABLE LENGTH
Short
Medium Long
NOTE: New recliner cables will be needed if
back height is changed to a height not within
the length of the original cable.
12. Install the NEW back upholstery onto the back canes.
13. Install the ten (10) or twelve (12) 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 Owner’s Manual, part number
l104782.
SECTION 14
RECLINER
RECLINER
FIGURE 5 - CHANGING BACK
HEIGHT
Mounting
Screw
Washers
Locknut
Mounting
Screw
Back Cane
Spreader
Bar
NOTE: Upholstery not shown for clarity.
Headrest
Extension Tube
Push
Pin
Seat Frame
Mounting
Bracket