Transit Wheels - Küschall ADVANCE Manual Del Usuario

4.2 Transit wheels

If your wheelchair is too wide for certain applications, e.g.
trains/aeroplanes, narrow passageways, narrow doors, the transit
wheels can be used.
WARNING!
– When using transit wheels, the parking brakes no
longer have any effect and you cannot control
your wheelchair via the handrims.
Switching to transit wheels
1. Lower the transit wheels into the operating position. To do
this, press the pin A inwards until you can pull the tube down.
2. Press the second pin in.
3. Pull the tube further downwards until the pin engages into
the slot.
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4. Move the wheelchair to a stable object (door frame, heavy
table), which you can use for support and hold onto it firmly
with one hand.
5. Tilt the wheelchair until the rear wheel on the opposite side
rises off the floor.
Prior to removing the rear wheels, the distance between
the lowered transit wheels and the floor should not be
more than 2 cm.
6. Remove the rear wheel,
® 7.3 Removing and fitting the rear wheels, page 36.
7. Repeat the process on the other side.
Switching from transit wheels to rear wheels
1. Move the wheelchair to a stable object, which you can use
for support and hold onto it firmly with one hand.
2. Tilt the wheelchair until the transit wheel on the opposite
side rises slightly off the floor.
3. Fit the rear wheel back onto the removable axle,
® 7.3 Removing and fitting the rear wheels, page 36.
4. Bring the transit wheels back into the inactive position.
5. Repeat the process on the other side.
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