Joovy 45X User Manual

Caboose Ultralight
Instruction Manual

45X Series

Patent No. 5,622,375

Joovy • 2919 Canton Street • Dallas, TX 75226 • [phone] • Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] • Web Site: www.joovy.com

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Please read this instruction manual completely before using

! WARNINGS

this stroller. Keep these instructions for future reference.

• Failure to follow these instructions could result in serious injury or death.

• Never leave child unattended.

• Avoid serious injury from falling or sliding out.

• Always use safety belts and ensure that all children are positioned according to these
instructions.

• Keep all small parts out of reach of children while assembling

• Be certain that the stroller is fully opened, the safety latch is in position, and the wheel
brakes are on before allowing children near the stroller.

• The maximum weight of the child that can be seated in the front seat is 45 lbs.

• The rear stand-on platform and the rear bench seat are designed for a child that is at
least 2-1/2 years old but LESS than 44 inches tall and less than 45 lbs.

• Use of the stroller with two children weighing more than 45 pounds each, or children
totaling more than 90 pounds, will cause excessive wear and stress on the stroller and
may cause a hazardous unstable condition.

• Never use this stroller to carry more than 2 children at the same time.

• Never allow a child to step on the footrest to get into or out of the stroller.

• Do not use the stroller on stairways or escalators.

• The included parent organizer is for use ONLY on the Joovy Caboose stroller. DO NOT
use it on other stroller models.

• Never carry hot beverages or open containers in the parent organizer. Maximum weight
allowed is 5 pounds.

• Hanging purses, shopping bags, parcels, diaper bags or other accessory items from the
handle bars or any other parts of the stroller may change the balance of the stroller and
cause a hazardous unstable condition.

• The maximum weight that can be carried in the storage basket is 5 pounds. Excessive
weight may result in a hazardous unstable condition.

• The total weight of contents in the seatback mesh pockets should be less than 2 pounds.

Excess weight may cause a hazardous unstable condition.

• When installing an infant carrier onto the stroller, ALWAYS use the restraining strap to
secure the carrier in place.

• Never allow your stroller to be used as a toy.

• Discard all packaging materials properly. Do not allow children to play with them.

• Check your stroller for loose rivets, snaps, worn parts, and torn material or stitching on a
regular basis.

• Discontinue use of the stroller should it malfunction or become damaged.

the stroller.

Please do not return this product to the store

If you experience any difculty with the assembly or use of this product, or if you have a

question regarding these instructions, please contact our Customer Service Department

at [phone] between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm Central Time.

Please note: Styles and colors may vary.

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Assembling and Using your Stroller

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To ensure safe operation of your stroller, please follow these instructions carefully.

Unpacking the Product

• Carefully remove stroller and all parts from the box and plastic bag.

• Identify the parts (stroller, front wheels (2), rear wheels (2), canopy, parent organizer, tray, car

seat carrier support, rear axle, small washer (2), large washer (4), spring washer (2), snap pin
(2), hub cap (2), red plastic cap, and documents) with the pictures in Figures 1a and 1b.

NOTE: The rear axle is attached with red tie wraps to the rear frame tube. Please carefully
detach the axle from the frame and remove the yellow foam from the ends of the axle for

installation. Also, extra washers and snap pins may be included.

• Discard all packaging materials properly.

• Remove the plastic coverings from all foam handles and any other areas of the product and

discard also.

• DO NOT allow children to play with any packaging materials.

Figure 1a

Figure 1b

Small Washer (2)

Large Washer (4)

Spring Washer (2) Snap Pin (2)

Red Plastic Cap

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CAUTION

Hub Cap (2)

Adult assembly is required for this product. This package contains small

parts. Keep all small parts away from children during assembly.

No Tools Required.

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Unfolding the Stroller

• Keep children away from stroller while unfolding.

• Position the stroller with the handle bar closest to you.

• Release the locking latch located on the right side by lifting the lever off of the extended
rivet. See Figure 2.

• Lift up slightly on the handle of the stroller. Then place one foot onto the rear platform and
pull up and back on the handle until both side frame bars snap into their locking positions
in the frame.

CAUTION: While unfolding the stroller, be careful to keep your ngers from being pinched

by moving parts.
NOTE: Remove packing foam from rear frame assembly to ensure stroller locks in the

open position.

• Lock the safety latch on the lower left side of the stroller by pushing the lever down over
the extended rivet. See Figure 3.

• Ensure that the stroller is completely opened and the safety latch is secured before ANY
use of the stroller.

Figure 2 Figure 3

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WARNING

ALWAYS secure the safety latch on the side of the stroller when it is in the

unfolded use position. This will prevent collapse of the stroller should the

handle trigger locks be accidentally opened.

Installing the Rear Wheels

Please use the following component sequence that indicates how all the parts for the rear wheel
assembly are installed.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Axle

Small

Washer

Wheel

Large

Washer

Spring

Washer

Large

Washer

• Turn stroller upside down, on a clean surface, so that it rests on the handlebar.

• Insert one end of the rear wheel axle through a rear axle hole in the plastic bracket under the
stand-on platform.

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Snap

Pin

Hub
Cap

• Push the axle across and into the axle hole on the other side of the stroller.

NOTE: you may need to guide the axle into this hole.

• Slide one small washer over one end of the axle.

• Next place a rear wheel over the the small washer.
NOTE: The brake teeth on the wheel should be facing inward toward the red brake lever AND
the arrow shapes on the tire tread should point toward the handlebar.

• Then place one large washer over the axle.

• Next slide a spring washer over the end of the axle.

• Take another large washer and slide it over the axle.

• Then take one snap pin and insert the straight leg into the small hole in the axle. Push it rmly

into this hole until the round portion of the other leg snaps completely around the outside of
the axle.
NOTE: The snap pin is curved (concave) to make insertion easier.

• Push the axle as far as it will go toward the opposite side of the stroller.

• Next place the red plastic cap on the oor with the solid surface facing up.

• Next turn the stroller onto its side, with the already assembled wheel toward the oor. Place

the axle onto the center of the solid surface of the red plastic cap so that the axle is pushing
upwards for easier installation. See Figure 4.

• Keeping the axle on the red plastic cap, repeat the SAME installation sequence of washers,
wheel, snap pin and hubcap for the remaining wheel.

• Install a hubcap onto each wheel by aligning the 5 tabs on the hubcap with the 5 slots in the
wheel, and then pushing it into place. Ensure that ALL 5 snaps have engaged securely and
the hubcap cannot be pulled off.

Figure 4

Installing the Front Wheels

• Take one of the double wheel sets and locate
the small hole in the rotating bracket that is
inside the red lever.

• Push the front axle into this hole and keep
pushing the wheel set onto this axle until you
hear an audible click. See Figure 5.

• Pull downward on the wheel set to ensure
that it has locked into position on the axle.

• Repeat this same procedure for the other
wheel set.

• When assembled properly, both wheel sets
should rotate and roll smoothly.

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Figure 5

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Front Wheel Locks

The front wheels can be either in swivel
mode or locked mode.

• To put the front wheels in their locked

mode, rst rotate each wheel set so that

the wheels are pointed straight ahead.

• Pull up on the lever to engage the small
tab on the lever with the slot in the plastic
frame sleeve. The lever can be either
facing forward or rearward to lock the
wheels. See Figure 6.

• To unlock the wheels and put them into
swivel mode, push down on the lever to
disengage the tab from the slot.

Figure 6

Installing and Operating the Canopy

• To attach the canopy, position the canopy on the stroller with the visor extension
forward.

• Line up the male ttings on the canopy with the female ttings near the center of the
stroller and push downward until the ttings snap into place. See Figure 7. Pull upward on

the canopy sides to be sure both are snapped securely in place.

• To open the canopy, pull forward on the front edge of the canopy while holding the back
edge in place. Once the canopy is fully opened, push down on BOTH side hinges to lock
it in the open position.

• The canopy and visor can be adjusted into several positions ranging from fully closed to
fully extended, or any position in between.

• The visor can be opened (or closed) by pulling (or pushing) it from under the canopy.

• The canopy will ratchet forward or backward to block the sun. Pull forward on the front of
the canopy frame tube to rotate it forward. Pull backward on the rear frame tube to rotate
it backward. See Figure 8.

• To close the canopy, unlock the side hinges and pull the front edge toward the rear of the
stroller until folded. See Figure 9.

• To remove the canopy, press the lock button on the side of each of the
pulling upward on the canopy frame. See Figure 10.

male ttings while

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