Warning – Wayne-Dalton 8000 SERIES 46 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 Required

PRE-INST

All

ATION

SAfETy GLASSES

fLAT TIP SCREWDRIVER

1/4”, 3/8”, 7/16”, 1/2” &

9/16” WRENChES

1/2” & 9/16”

SOCkET

PhILLIPS hEAD

SCREWDRIVER

PLIERS/WIRE CuTTERS

RATChET WRENCh

POWER DRILL

(2) SAWhORSES

GLOVES

3/8”, 7/16” SOCkET

DRIVER

hAMMER

VICE GRIPS

STEP LADDER

TAPE MEASuRE

LEVEL

(2) VICE CLAMPS

PENCIL

9/32”, 1/2”, 5/16”,

3/16” & 1/8” DRILL BITS

Removing An Old Door

If yOuR COuNTERBALANCE SySTEM IS OThER ThAN ThOSE MENTIONED, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WORk ON IT, BuT

hAVE A quALIfIED DOOR AGENCy PERfORM ThE WORk. OThERWISE, SEVERE OR fATAL INjuRy COuLD RESuLT.

DISCONNECT AND REMOVE ANy ELECTRIC OPENER PRIOR TO REMOVAL Of COuNTERBALANCE SySTEMS TO

PREVENT uNINTENDED DOOR OPERATION. OThERWISE, SEVERE OR fATAL INjuRy COuLD RESuLT.

COuNTERBALANCE SPRING TENSION MuST BE RELIEVED BEfORE REMOVING ANy hARDWARE. A POWERfuL

SPRING RELEASING IT’S ENERGy SuDDENLy CAN CAuSE SEVERE OR fATAL INjuRy.

If yOu hAVE BACk PROBLEMS DO NOT ATTEMPT ThIS, OR SEVERE INjuRy COuLD RESuLT

REMOVING AN ExISTING DOOR CAN BE DANGEROuS. fOLLOW INSTRuCTIONS ON PAGES 6-10 “REMOVING AN

OLD DOOR/PREPARING ThE OPENING” CAREfuLLy, OThERWISE, SEVERE OR fATAL INjuRy COuLD RESuLT.

wARNINg

If you have an existing door, follow the instructions below to identify which counterbalance removal is necessary. The process of
removing an existing door begins by identifying it’s counterbalance system. If you are not removing an existing door, proceed to
PREPARING ThE OPENING on page 10. Generally, you will find three (3) types of counterbalance systems: Extension Spring,
Wayne-Dalton

exclusive TorqueMaster

and Torsion counterbalance system, see pages 6-9.

for more technical information regarding the opening preparation, installation and use of your garage door and opener, you can go to
www.dasma.com and click on Publications and then Technical Data Sheet.