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8850 Aluminum Full View
Torsion Spring
Installation Instructions and Owner’s Manual
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Read these instructions carefully before
attempting installation. If in question about
Wayne-Dalton Corp. any of the procedures, do not perform the
P.O. Box 67
work. Instead, have a qualified door agency
Mt. Hope, OH 44660
do the installation or repairs.
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© Copyright 2009 Wayne-Dalton Corp. Part No. 348366 REV1 08/03/2009
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waRNiNg Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ............................................ 2 ReaD TheSe iNSTR ucTioNS Package Contents ..........................................................3-4 caReFully beFoRe a TTemPTiNg Door Section Identification ................................................ 4 iNSTalla TioN. iF iN queSTioN Tools Required .................................................................. 5 abouT aNy oF The PRoceDuReS, Pre-Installation .....
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NoTe: DEPENDING ON ThE DOOR MODEL, SOME PARTS LISTED WILL NOT BE SUPPLIED If NOT NECESSARY. REAR Package contents SUPPORTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCLUDED WITh YOUR DOOR. (2) hORIzONTAL TRACK WITh ATTAChED hORIzONTAL ANGLE Rh/Lh (1) TORSION TUBE DOOR SECTIONS (AS REqUIRED) CONTINUOUS WALL ANGLE ASSEMBLY’S Rh/Lh TRACK (AS REqUIRED) VERTICAL TRACK ASSEMBLY’S (BRACKET MOUNT TRACK) Rh/Lh TRACK TOP BRACKET TOP BRACKET ROLLERS RIGhT AND LEfT hAND RIGhT AND LEfT hAND (AS REqUIRED) BASE SLIDE (AS
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Package contents continued... (2) COTTER (2) 3/16” ROLLER 5/16”- 18 hEX NUTS (2) 5/16” (2) CLEVIS 3/8”- 16 hEX NUTS 1/4”- 20 fLANGE hEX (2) 1/4”- 20 hEX PINS SPACERS (AS REqUIRED) WAShERS PINS (AS REqUIRED) NUTS (AS REqUIRED) NUTS 1/4”- 20 X 9/16” TRACK (2) 5/16” - 18 X 3/4” 5/16” X 1 5/8” hEX hEAD LAG 1/4”- 20 X 7/8” SELf DRILLING BOLTS (AS REqUIRED) CARRIAGE BOLTS SCREWS (AS REqUIRED) SCREWS (AS REqUIRED) (AS REqUIRED) 1/4”- 20 X 5/8” (2) 3/8” - 16 X 3/4” 3/8”- 16 X 1-1/2” hEX hEAD B
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Tools Required PENCIL RATChET WRENCh VICE GRIPS GLOVES 3/8”, 7/16” SOCKET POWER DRILL DRIVER PhILLIPS hEAD SAfETY GLASSES 1/4”, 3/8”, 7/16”, 1/2” & hAMMER 7/16”, 1/2” & 9/32”, 1/2”, 3/16” & 1/8” SCREWDRIVER 9/16” WRENChES 9/16” SOCKET DRILL BITS LEVEL TAPE MEASURE VICE CLAMPS SAWhORSE fLAT TIP SCREWDRIVER 1/4” TORX BIT APPROVED WINDING BARS STEP LADDER Removing an old Door P1 Counterbalance spring tension must always be released before any attempt is made to start removing an existing door. wa
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SIDE ROOM BACKROOM SUITABLE MOUNTING hEADER BOARD SURf ACE 2” X 6” Preparing the opening 2” X 6” LUMBER LUMBER MINIMUM P2 RECOMMENDED fAILURE TO Tools Needed: waRNiNg DOOR hEIGhT SECURELY ATTACh A Recommended SUITABLE MOUNTING PAD TO STRUCTURALLY LEVEL hEADER tools from SOUND fRAMING COULD CAUSE SPRINGS TO page 5 VIOLENTLY PULL MOUNTING PAD fROM WALL, PLUMB jAMBS RESULTING IN SEVERE OR f ATAL INjURY. If you just removed your existing door or you are installing a new door, complete al
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Preparing the opening Note: f or other drums, mounting conditions, lifts, and options, consult your Wayne-Dalton representative. continued...... heaDRoom chaRT For Standard lift Track (minimum Distance Required) Tools Needed: 3” TRack, 15” 2” TRack, 15” 2” TRack, WALLANGLE DRumS DimS RaDiuS RaDiuS 12” RaDiuS (ANGLE MOUNT) WEAThER SEAL 400-8 hEADROOM 15-1/2” 14-1/2” 12-1/2” backRoom chaRT & SiDeRoom chaRT TRack DePTh USED fOR CONTINUOUS WALL ANGLE TRACK SiZe iNTo Room SiDeRoom DOOR hEIGhT
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COUNTER- attaching counterbalance cables BALANCE BOTTOM CABLE BRACKET BOTTOM to bottom brackets COUNTER- 1 BRACKET BALANCE CABLE imPoRTaNT: RIGhT AND LEfT hAND IS Tools Needed: ALWAYS DETERMINED fROM INSIDE ThE GARAGE LOOKING OUT. None WAShER NoTe: f or door section identification see CLEVIS page 4. PIN WAShER Uncoil the counterbalance cables and slip CLEVIS the loop at the ends of the cables over PIN each clevis pin in the bottom bracket. COTTER KEY Insert a roller into bottom bracke
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attaching bracket mount Track & WOOD jAMB bottom Section 3 COUNTERBALANCE imPoRTaNT: ThE TOPS Of ThE VERTICAL CABLE Tools Needed: TRACKS MUST BE LEVEL fROM SIDE TO SIDE. If ThE BOTTOM SECTION WAS None ShIMMED TO LEVEL IT, ThE VERTICAL TRACK ON ThE ShIMMED SIDE MUST BE RAISED ThE hEIGhT Of ThE ShIM. Position the left hand vertical track assembly over the rollers of the bottom section. Make sure the counterbalance cable is located between the rollers and the door jamb. Drill 3/16” pilot
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CONTINUOUS WALL ANGLE attaching continuous wall angle & WALL ANGLE installing bottom Section 4 WOOD jAMB If your door has been installed with bracket Tools Needed: 5/16” X 1 5/8” LAG mount track, skip this step and continue with SCREW fOR USE the next step. None ON WOOD jAMBS. imPoRTaNT: Th E TOPS Of Th E VERTICAL TRACKS MUST BE LEVEL fROM SIDE TO SIDE. If COUNTERBALANCE ThE BOTTOM SECTION WAS ShIMMED TO LEVEL CABLES IT, ThE VERTICAL TRACK ON ThE ShIMMED SIDE MUST BE RAISED ThE hEIGhT
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#1 CENTER hALf STILE hINGE hinges continued... #1 hINGE screws, as shown. Tools Needed: CENTER STILES To install center hinges on doors with integral fins, seat the bottom half of the half hinge(s) onto the integral fin above the PUNChED center stile(s) and over the pre-drilled holes (4) 1/4” -20 X 7/8” hOLES on each section, and secure to the fin with SELf DRILLING (2) 1/4”-20 x 5/8”carriage bolts and (2) 1/4” #1 hALf hINGES SCREWS - 20 flange hex nuts, as shown. Repeat for all C
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TOP BRACKET TOP SECTION BASE Top bracket 7 (4) 1/4”- 20 X 7/8” SELf DRILLING Align upper-center hole of top bracket T Tools ools Needed: Needed: SCREWS with vertical groove on the end stile and ensure top bracket is level and aligned Power Drill with edge of top section. Secure with (4) 1/4”- 20 x 7/8” self drilling screws, 7/16” Socket END STILE one in each corner of the top bracket, as Driver shown. Loosely fasten top bracket slide with (1) 5/16” - 18 x 3/4” carriage bolt and 5/1
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If SECOND STEP PLATE WAS Step Plate RECEIVED fOR DOORS ORDERED 9 WITh NON-KEYED LOCKS, INSTALL IT BELOW ThE SIDE LOCK. Position your step plate, on the inside of Tools Needed: the door, over the bottom section end stile on the side of the door containing the side lock. Secure step plate to endstile with (2) LOCK SECTION 5/16” x 1” self drilling screws, as shown. f or doors ordered with non-keyed locks, a second step plate is provided. Install the second step plate in the same manner as
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hORIzONTAL attaching horizontal Track to adjustable fLAGANGLE TRACK Flagangle 11 (2) 1/4”- 20 X 9/16” To install horizontal track, place the curved end over the Tools Needed: TRACK BOLTS top roller. Align the bottom of the horizontal track with the vertical track. hand tighten the horizontal track to 9/16” Socket the flagangle with (2) 1/4”- 20 x 9/16” track bolts and (2) 1/4”- 20 flange hex nuts. 7/16” Socket Level the horizontal track assembly and bolt the Ratchet Wrench horizontal ang
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Torsion end bearing brackets ThIS ILLUSTRATION ShOWS 13 12” RADIUS TRACK W/LAG BOLT TO WOOD. imPoRTaNT: RIGhT AND LEfT hAND IS Tools Needed: ALWAYS DETERMINED fROM INSIDE ThE END BEARING BRACKET GARAGE LOOKING OUT. Power Drill CUT Off 3” Of WALL Attach the EBf’s (end bearing fixtures/ 7/16” Socket ANGLE , 12” RADIUS brackets) to the horizontal reinforcing APPLICATIONS ONLY Driver angles using (3) 3/8” - 18 x 3/4” truss bolts and nuts, as shown. 9/16” Socket Once the bracket is secured
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RIGhT hAND CABLE Torsion Spring assembly DRUM BLACK 15 imPoRTaNT: RIGhT AND LEfT hAND Tools Needed: IS ALWAYS DETERMINED fROM INSIDE none ThE GARAGE LOOKING OUT. NoTe: Identify the springs provided as either right hand wound (red winding cone), which goes on the LEfT hAND LEfT hAND SIDE or left hand wound (black winding TORSION CABLE DRUM cone), which goes on the RIGhT hAND TUBE RED SIDE. f acing the inside of the door, lay the torsion tube on the floor. Lay the spring with the bla
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attaching Torsion Springs to center bearing bracket 16 Align the stationary spring cone(s) with Tools Needed: TORSION the holes in the center bearing bracket. SPRING Secure the spring(s) to the center bearing 9/16” Socket bracket with (2) 3/8”- 16 x 1-1/2” hex STATIONARY head bolts and (2) 3/8”- 16 nuts. SPRING CONE 5/16” X 1- 5/8” LAG SCREWS Ratchet Wrench imPoRTaNT: SPRINGS UNDER TENSION CAN BE DANGEROUS. 9/16” Wrench imPoRTaNT: ThE SPRING WARNING CENTER BEARING TAG(S) SUPPLIED MUST
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counterbalance cables Left cable drum 17 Thread the counterbalance cables around Tools Needed: the back side of the cable drums and verify that there are no cable obstructions. hook Vice Grips the cables into the drums. Slide the left hand cable drum against the left hand end 3/8” Wrench Cable hooked bearing bracket and tighten the set screws in cable drum in the drum to 14-15 ft. lbs. of torque Step Ladder (Once set screws contact the tube, tighten screws one full turn). Rotate the
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winding Torsion Spring(s) 19 Position a ladder slightly to the side of Tools Needed: spring so that the winding cone is easily Power Drill accessible, yet your body is not in direct line with the winding bars. Check the label attached to the spring warning tag 3/16” Drill Bit for the required number of complete turns to balance your door. 7/16” Socket Driver Phillips head DooR heighT 400-8 Screwdriver 7’0” 7.875 8’0” 8.875 waRNiNg SPRING PRIOR TO WINDING OR MAKING ADjUSTMENTS TO
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Rear Support 20 Tools Needed: waRNiNg Ratchet Wrench KEEP hORIzONTAL TRACK PARALLEL AND WIThIN 3/4” 1/2” Socket MAXIMUM Of DOOR EDGE, VICE OThERWISE DOOR COULD f ALL, 1/2” Wrench CLAMPS RESULTING IN SEVERE INjURY OR DEATh. (2) Vice Clamps Raise the door until the top section and Step Ladder half of the next section are in a horizontal position. Do not raise door any further since rear of horizontal track is not yet supported. waRNiNg RAISING DOOR fURThER CAN RESULT IN DOOR f ALLING AN
