Typical Hospital Bed Assembly

Attaching Bed Ends

• Stand one bed end as close to the head spring section as possible.

• Grasp the head spring section, by the side, and raise it until the rivets on the corner plates of the spring section are high enough to place into the corner locks on the bed end.

• Tilt the bed end toward the head spring section and place the rivets into the corner locks.

• Return the universal bed end to its full upright position. The head spring rivets will lock into place

• Repeat the same procedure for other bed end.

Notice at the foot-end of the bed, the footboard has a receiver in the center where the drive motor engages the footboard. This must be completed so that the drive-shaft from the motor matches up with the receiver in the footboard. You will also notice that this drive rod is spring-loaded so it can be compressed and released into the footboard.

Attaching the Hi/Low Drive-Shaft

• Remove and discard the plastic caps from each end of the drive shaft
• Press spring button on the inner shaft and insert the inner shaft into the outer shaft
• Engage the spring button into the proper positioning hole
• Attach the inner shaft to the bottom gear box output shaft on the head end of the bed

• Push in on the spring loaded end of the drive shaft and attach to the foot end of the bed

• Ensure the Hi/Lo motor output shaft spring-loaded coupler is properly aligned with the foot end gear box

Motor Setup

Plug-in the bed and try each individual control button on the hand pendant. If one of the functions is not working properly, troubleshooting is straightforward. The foot-end raise/lower function is usually the least troublesome since it is already pre-assembled. The head-end raise/lower function will perform properly if the "pull-tube" (above) is connected properly. The bed hi/low function is usually where self-installers have a problem since the drive shaft/rod must connect properly into the footboard. If the Bed won't raise/lower correctly, check the drive rod connections and make sure the "T" shafts are locked into the rod and not just free-spinning. If the head end of the bed is raising/lowering, but the foot end is not, you will need to inspect the connection between the drive motor rod and the footboard of the bed.