How do I Change my Daessy Bar from a Right Side Mount to a Left Side Mount?
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When you receive the Daessy Folding Mount package, the folding bar is set up as a standard right side mount.
In order to attach this mount to the left side, some adjustments must be made to the folding bar for it to function properly.
The letters R and L are stamped into the silver collared ring below where the horizontal bar is bolted. The default assembly has the tube hole located over the R for right-hand.
The following steps change the Folding Bar to left side mounting:
1. Remove the tube mount by removing the two tube mount bolts.
2. Rotate the tube mount 180º to position the tube hole over the L.
3. Reattach the tube mount in the new position (the horizontal tube will point away from the bent vertical bar).
4. Fold the horizontal bar down toward the floor in the folded position. You may have to adjust the bent vertical bar to do this, depending on its current position.
5. Slide the vertical bar with the collar into the already installed frame clamp on the wheelchair.
6. Make the necessary adjustments until the elbow joint on the bar is in the following position.
7. The straight (horizonal) bar should swing out and away from the user so it is pointing at the ceiling,
8. Now fold the bar into the locked position in front of the user .
Note: When the bar is across the user, it should not have to be supported in any way. The bar should lock and only have an up movement when rotated.