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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 local
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Tools Needed:
Tools Needed:
Counterbalance Cables
Vice Grips
3/8” Wrench
Thread the counterbalance cables around the back
side of the left cable drum and verify that there is 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 taunt. Tighten
set screws in right hand cable drum.
IMPORTANT: CHECK EACH CABLE, MAKING SURE
BOTH ARE SEATED PROPERLY ON THE CABLE
DRUMS AND HAVE EQUAL CABLE TENSION.
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Left end
bearing
bracket
Cable in
position
Set
screws
Vice
grips
Jamb
Left cable
drum
Left cable drum
Cable
Torsion
tube
Cable
hooked in
cable drum
Place vice clamps onto both vertical tracks just
above the third roller. This is to prevent the
garage door from raising while winding
counterbalance springs.
FAILURE TO PLACE VICE CLAMPS ONTO
VERTICAL TRACK CAN ALLOW DOOR TO RAISE
AND CAUSE SEVERE OR FATAL INJURY.
Securing Door
for Spring Winding
Track
Vice clamps
attached to
track
Vice Clamps
WARNING
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Place vice clamps
above 3rd Roller