Warning – Wayne-Dalton 8800 User Manual

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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 yellow pages/business listings or go to the

Find a Dealer section online at www.wayne-dalton.com

Tools Needed:

counterbalance cables

Vice Grips

3/8” Wrench

Step Ladder

Release the vice grips from the ends of the

cables and 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 taunt. 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

LEFT END BEARING BRACKET

CABLE IN

POSITION

SET

SCREWS

VICE GRIPS

TORSION

TUBE

jAMB

LEFT CABLE

DRUM

LEFT CABLE

DRUM

CABLE

hOOKED IN

CABLE DRUM

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

imPoRTaNT: DO NOT USE IMPACT GUN

TO WIND SPRING(S).

waRNiNg

PLACE VICE CLAMPS ABOVE

3RD ROLLER ON BOTh

VERTICAL TRACKS