Extreme How-To - March 2009

tray and slide the block in.

Once you’ve propped up the bed tray, install the pistons over the pivot ball making sure the skinny end is down. I had a little trouble with this and had to “convince” the piston to be a little shorter with my hammer, but it worked.

Headboard. Without removing the tray from the block, raise each side panel and hook it on the tray using the pre-installed brass stops as the cleats.

Now install the headboard itself. Make sure the face side is oriented towards the floor. Make sure the top of the headboard is facing the top of the wall bed. Install the headboard by inserting the Allen screws through the pre-drilled holes and tightening.

Install the pistons over the piston
ball, making sure the piston’s
skinny end faces the bottom end
of the bed assembly.

Note: We installed our headboard with the hole for the light sensor on the bottom of the headboard. Part of it was confusion. The directions weren’t entirely clear about which side of the headboard was intended

Install the headboard, making sure the face-side is facing the floor, and orient the side you want as the top-facing the top of the bed assembly.