the chair should be upside down with the seat resting on something solid. remove the pin for the motor and raise the lift allowing better access to the inside of the chair.
* loosen the nuts holding the scissors to the chair. 2 sets of double nuts on either side of the chair.
* remove the wood screw holding the scissors to the side of the chair located in between the 2 sets of nuts just removed.
* watching the bolts that the nuts were removed from, lift the arms up ( a second person for this step is a back saver) and set on the floor behind the chair.
* you now have 