Serviceable Shoulder Pad and Pull Strap Removal

NOTE: The use of directional (“pull-the-dot") snaps across the shoulder pad component is necessary to allow for removability while ensuring secure attachment in most orientations of pull.

NOTE: The user must pull on a specific side of the snap to release. That specific side is denoted with an indented dot, hence the name “pull-the-dot". This phenomenon is most visible on the singular top snap that joins the two shoulder pads.

Figure 6 Figure 7	1. Undo the top pull-the-dot snap located at the top of the shoulder pad by locating the dot and rocking the snap open with the dotted side up first. See Figure 6 & 7
Figure 8	2. Slide your hand in between the shoulder pad flap at the location where the “A” is in “MSA”. Dots on all 4 of the snaps along the shoulder pad face this direction. See Figure 8
Figure 9	3. Remove each pull-the-dot snap by rocking the snap open, away from center of the pad where the “A” is located. See Figure 9
	4. Repeat this process for the remaining shoulder pad and remove the regulator, speaker module, and control module apparatuses and hoses/ wires from the shoulder pad. 5. Disconnect the speaker module from the shoulder pad by pulling out the metal U-clip located at the bottom of the apparatus. a. Place the metal U-clip back into the speaker module once removed to avoid misplacing. 6. Disconnect the rubber hose tethers located at the top of the SCBA where the tri-folds connect to the G1 backplate via the top backplate slots. a. Reconnect the hose tethers to the backplate to avoid misplacing. b.   Removal of the tri-folds (in the next step) is not possible without first the removal of the rubber hose tethers.
Figure 10	7. Locate the shoulder pad tri-folds at the top backplate slots. Pull and fold flat to slide through the top backplate slots to free the shoulder pads completely from the SCBA. See Figure 10
Figure 11	8. Locate the shoulder pull strap tri-folds at the bottom backplate slots. Pull and fold flat to slide through the bottom backplate slots to free the shoulder pull straps completely from the SCBA. See Figure 11 a. Access to the bottom backplate slots may be easier with the adjustable lumbar pad in the top-most position, if applicable. b.   It is not recommended that the shoulder pull straps be removed from the shoulder pad assembly for washing.