Wayne-Dalton 8850 - Manual (Page 18)

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Please Do Not Return This Product To The Store. Contact your local Wayne-Dalton dealer. To find your local Wayne-Dalton dealer, refer to your
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Tools Needed:
Tools Needed:
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counterbalance cables
Vice Grips
3/8” Wrench
Step Ladder
Thread the counterbalance cables around
the back side of the cable drums and verify
that there are no cable obstructions. hook
the cables into the drums. Slide the left
hand cable drum against the left hand end
bearing bracket and tighten the set screws
in the drum to 14-15 ft. lbs. of torque
(Once set screws contact the tube, tighten
screws one full turn). Rotate the left hand
drum and torsion tube until cable is taut.
Attach vice grips to torsion tube and brace
vice grips against jamb to keep cable taut.
Slide the right hand cable drum against the
right hand end bearing bracket and rotate
drum until cable is taut. Tighten set screws
in right hand cable drum to 14-15 ft. lbs. of
torque (Once set screws contact the tube,
tighten screws one full turn).
imPoRTaNT: ChECK EACh CABLE, MAKING
SURE BOTh ARE SEATED PROPERLY ON
ThE CABLE DRUMS AND hAVE EqUAL
CABLE TENSION.
Securing Door
for Spring winding
(2) Vice Clamps
TRACK
VICE CLAMPS
ATTAChED TO
INNER RAIL
Of TRACK
Place vice clamps onto both vertical
tracks just above the third roller. This is
to prevent the garage door from raising
while winding torsion springs.
fAILURE TO PLACE VICE CLAMPS
ONTO VERTICAL TRACK CAN
ALLOW DOOR TO RAISE AND
CAUSE SEVERE OR fATAL INjURY
waRNiNg
PLACE VICE CLAMPS ABOVE
3RD ROLLER ON BOTh
VERTICAL TRACKS
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Left end bearing
bracket
Cable in
position
Set
screws
Vice grips
Torsion
tube
jamb
Left cable
drum
Left cable drum
Cable
Cable hooked
in cable drum
Counterbalance
cable
Counterbalance
cable