Invacare InTouch PCS ITPCSR, Owner'S Operator And Maintenance Manual

SECTION 2—INSTALLATION

Part No 1163138

7

InTouch

™

 PCS

™ 

Positioning Back

Installing the Back

NOTE:

This

procedure

does

not

apply

to

Invacare

Power

Wheelchairs

with

Power

Recline.

Refer

to

Installing

the

Back

 ‐ 

Invacare

Power

Wheelchairs

with

Power

Recline

on

page 10

.

Install the Back Cane Mounting Assemblies

NOTE:

For

this

procedure,

refer

to

FIGURES

2.1

through

2.3.

NOTE:

To

remove

the

back

cane

assemblies,

reverse

this

procedure.
NOTE:

It

may

be

necessary

to

raise

or

lower

the

back

canes

to

achieve

the

desired

height

installation.

Refer

to

Owner’s

Manual

shipped

with

wheelchair.

NOTE:

DO

NOT

disassemble

the

back

cane

mounting

assemblies

during

STEP

1

of

this

procedure.

1.

Loosen,

but

DO

NOT

remove,

the

socket

head

screws

on

the

back

cane

mounting

assemblies,

just

enough

to

allow

the

back

cane

mounting

assemblies

to

slip

onto

the

back

canes.

NOTE:

Some

wheelchairs

have

back

canes

with

a

bend.

Make

sure

that

the

back

cane

mounting

assemblies

are

completely

above

or

below

and

not

straddling

the

bend.

NOTE:

There

is

a

left

‐

hand

and

a

right

‐

hand

back

cane

mounting

assembly

used

with

each

InTouch

PCS

Positioning

Back.

When

installed

properly,

the

ball

is

up

and

the

cone

is

down,

as

shown

in

FIGURE

2.1.

2.

Slide

the

back

cane

mounting

assembly

onto

the

back

cane.

3.

Align

the

scored

vertical

line

on

the

outside

back

cane

mounting

assembly

with

the

center

of

the

back

cane

as

shown

in

FIGURE 2.2.

4.

Adjust

the

back

cane

mounting

assemblies

until

the

ball

and

cone

on

each

assembly

is

positioned

inward

of

the

back

canes

as

shown

in

FIGURE

2.3.

5.

Loosely

tighten

the

socket

head

screws

on

the

back

cane

mounting

assembly.

NOTE:

DO

NOT

tighten

the

socket

head

screws

completely

until

the

back

is

installed

and

centered

between

the

back

canes.

6.

Repeat

STEPS

1

 ‐ 

5

to

install

the

opposite

back

cane

mounting

assembly

onto

the

opposite

back

cane.

FIGURE 2.1   

Check hardware orientation

FIGURE 2.2   

Check vertical alignment

FIGURE 2.3   

Check ball and cone position

Right-Hand Back Cane

Mounting Assembly

Back Cane

Ball (up)

Cone (down)

Socket Head 

Screws

NOTE:

This

view

is

from

the

back

of

the

wheelchair,

looking

at

the

back

canes.

Left-Hand Back Cane

Mounting Assembly

Scored Vertical Line

(align with center of back cane)

Right-Hand Back Cane 

Mounting Assembly

Seat

NOTE:

This

view

is

looking

at

the

right

side

of

the

wheelchair.

Back Cane

Ball and cone on back cane mounting 

assemblies MUST be installed inward 

of the back canes

NOTE:

This

view

is

from

the

top

of

the

wheelchair,

looking

down

at

the

seat.

Inward of Back Canes