Wayne-Dalton 8850 - Manual (Page 16)

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Tools Needed:
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Torsion Spring assembly
imPoRTaNT: RIGhT AND LEfT hAND
IS ALWAYS DETERMINED fROM INSIDE
ThE GARAGE LOOKING OUT.
NoTe: Identify the springs provided as
either right hand wound (red winding
cone), which goes on the LEfT hAND
SIDE or left hand wound (black winding
cone), which goes on the RIGhT hAND
SIDE.
facing the inside of the door, lay the
torsion tube on the floor. Lay the spring
with the black color coded winding
cone and the black color coded cable
drum, at the right hand end of the tube.
Lay the spring with the red color coded
winding cone and the red color coded
cable drum, at the left hand end of the
tube.
NoTe: The set screws used on all
torsion counterbalance winding cones
and cable drums, are now colored red.
DO NOT identify right and left hand by
the set screw color.
With assistance, pick up the torsion
assembly and slide one end of the tube
through one end bearing bracket. Lay
the torsion tube into the center bearing
bracket and slide the other end of the
tube into the opposite end bearing
bracket. Position the torsion tube so
that equal amounts of the tube extend
from each end bearing bracket.
LEfT hAND
CABLE DRUM
RED
RIG
hT
hAND
WOUND
RED
WINDING
CONE
LEf
T h
AND
SIDE
RIGhT hAND CABLE
DRUM BLACK
TORSION
TUBE
LEf
T h
AND
WOUND
BLACK
WINDING
CONE
RIG
hT
hAND
SIDE
LEfT hAND CABLE
DRUM RED
RIGhT hAND WOUND
RED WINDING CONE
LEfT hAND SIDE
RIGhT
hAND
CABLE
DRUM
BLACK
TORSION
TUBE
LEfT hAND WOUND
BLACK WINDING CONE
RIGhT hAND SIDE
TORSION
ASSEMBLY
EqUAL
SPACING
END
BEARING
BRACKET
DRUM EqUAL
SPACING