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:

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Position a ladder slightly to the side of spring

so that the winding cone is easily accessible,

yet your body is not in direct line with the

winding bars. Check the label attached to the

spring warning tag for the required number

of complete turns to balance your door.

6’0” Door height = Approx 7-1/8 Turns

6’3” Door height = Approx 7-1/2 Turns

6’6” Door height = Approx 7-3/4 Turns

6’9” Door height = Approx 8 Turns

7’0” Door height = Approx 8-1/4 Turns

7’3” Door height = Approx 8-5/8 Turns

7’6” Door height = Approx 8-7/8 Turns

7’9” Door height = Approx 9-1/4 Turns

8’0” Door height = Approx 9-1/2 Turns

PRIOR TO WINDING OR MAKING

ADjUSTMENTS TO ThE SPRINGS, ENSURE

YOU’RE WINDING IN ThE PROPER DIRECTION

AS STATED IN ThE INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS. OThERWISE, ThE SPRING

FITTINGS MAY RELEASE FROM SPRING IF

NOT WOUND IN ThE PROPER DIRECTION AND

COULD RESULT IN SEVERE OR FATAL INjURY.

Alternately inserting the winding bars into the

holes of the spring’s winding cone, rotate the

winding cone upward toward ceiling, 1/4 turn

at a time, until the required number of

complete turns for your door height is

achieved. As the last 1/4 turn is achieved,

securely hold winding bar while tightening

both set screws in winding cone to 14-15 ft.

lbs. of torque (Once set screws contact the

tube, tighten screws one full turn).

Carefully remove winding bar from winding

cone. Proceed to wind the second spring in

the same manner. While holding the door

down, to prevent it from rising unexpectedly,

in the event the spring(s) were overwound,

carefully remove the locking clamps from the
torsion tube and the vertical tracks.

imPoRTaNT: CAUTIOUSLY REMOVE

LOCKING PLIERS FROM ThE TORSION

TUBE AND LOCKING CLAMPS FROM ThE
VERTICAL TRACKS.

Adjustments to the required from the number

of turns stated may be necessary. If door

raises off floor under spring tension alone,

Reduce spring tension until door rests on the

floor. If the door is hard to raise or drifts

down on its own, add spring tension. An

unbalanced door such as this can cause

garage door opener operation problems.

winding Torsion Spring(s)

Power Drill

3/16” Drill Bit

7/16” Socket

Driver

Phillips head

Screwdriver

Step Ladder

APPROVED

WINDING BARS

WINDING

CONE

SPRING

TORSION

TUBE