Preparing your garage door, Tools needed – Chamberlain ATS 2113X User Manual

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Preparing your garage door

Before you begin:

Disable locks.

Remove any ropes connected to garage door.

Complete the following test to make sure your garage door is

balanced and is not sticking or binding:

Lift the door about halfway as shown. Release the door. If

1.

balanced, it should stay in place, supported entirely by its
springs.

Raise and lower the door to see if there is any binding or

2.

sticking.

If your door binds, sticks, or is out of balance, call a trained door
systems technician.

Tools needed

During assembly, installation and adjustment of the opener,
instructions will call for hand tools as illustrated below.

To prevent possible SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH:

ALWAYS

call a trained door systems technician if garage

door binds, sticks, or is out of balance. An unbalanced
garage door may not reverse when required.
NEVER

try to loosen, move or adjust garage door, door

springs, cables, pulleys, brackets or their hardware, ALL of
which are under EXTREME tension.
Disable

ALL locks and remove ALL ropes connected to

garage door BEFORE installing and operating garage door
opener to avoid entanglement.
This product is for use on sectional garage doors

• ONLY.

SERIOUS INJURY could result from the use of this product
on one piece garage doors.

To prevent damage to garage door and opener:

ALWAYS

disable locks BEFORE installing and operating the

opener.
ONLY

operate garage door opener at 120V, 60 Hz to avoid

malfunction and damage.

Pliers

Wire Cutters

Claw Hammer

Hack Saw

Screwdriver

Adjustable End Wrench

1/2" and 7/16" Sockets
and Wrench

Drill

Tape Measure

2

1

Stepladder

Pencil

3/16", 5/16" and
5/32" Drill Bits

Carpenter’s
Level (Optional)

Sectional Door

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