Changing The Wheelbase; Setting The Wheel Camber And Toe-In - Ottobock Motus CV Bedienungsanleitung

6.2 Changing the Wheelbase (Fig. 37)
Shiftingtherearwheelbackwardslengthensthewheelbaseandthusprovidesforgreatersta-
bilityofthewheelchair.Shiftingtherearwheelforwards(onlyforadvancedwheelchairdrivers!)
relievestheloadonthecasters.Thisincreasesthemaneuverabilityofthewheelchair.Thecaster
wheelscanthenalsobeliftedmoreeasilytoclearobstaclessuchascurbsorsteps.
Loosenthescrewconnectionsfromthefitting(fig.37,seearrow)andremovethefitting.Shift
thefittingtothedesiredpositionandfirmlyretightenthescrews.
Thedistancebetweenrearwheelandsidepanelcanbecontinuouslyadjustedbyadjustingthe
counternutontheoutersideoftherearwheeladapter.
Whenchangingtheadjustmentsoriginallymadeinthefactory,twoothercomponentgroupsof
thewheelchairmustbereadjusted,refertoChapters6.3and6.4.
Risk of tipping. Pleasenote:Iftherearwheelsareinamoreforwardpositionandthe
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user'sbodyisnotappropriatelypositioned,theusermaytipbackward-evenonlevelground!
Risk of tipping. Foruntrainedwheelchairusersandwhenthereareextremeadjustments
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totherearwheel,ananti-tipperisstronglyrecommended!
Risk of tipping. Fortransfemoralamputeesitisessentialtoshifttherearwheelsback-
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wards!
Makesuretofirmlyretightenallscrewsandnutsaftermakingadjustments.Theproper
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torqueforthescrewconnectionoftherearwheeladapteris8 nm.Thepropertorqueforthe
screwconnectionofthefittingis50 nm.
6.3 Setting the Wheel Camber and Toe-in (Fig. 38 – 40)
TherearwheeladapteroftheMotusallowsfordifferentcamberanglesettingsoftherearwheels
(0°and2.5°).Thegreaterthenegativecamberangleoftherearwheels,themoremanoeuvrable
thewheelchairbecomes.
Therearwheeladapteritselfhasawheelcamberof0°or2.5°,dependingonthearrangement
ofthewedge-shapedcamberwasherssetatthefactory.Thewheelcambercanbechanged
byturningroundthemountedcamberwashers.Proceedasfollows:
Firstdisassemblethenutsontherearwheelfitting.
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