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Top brackets, Operator bracket – Wayne-Dalton 8300 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,

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Flag angle lag screw locations

Vertical

track

Jamb

bracket

Flag

angle

5/16” x 1-5/8”

Lag screws

3/8” to 5/8”

Spacing

Bottom section

Vertical track

Bottom

section

stacking sections

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Tools: Power drill,7/16” Socket driver

NOTE: Refer to door section identification.
NOTE: Make sure hinges are flipped down, when stacking another section on top.
Place rollers into end hinges of remaining sections.
With assistance, lift second section and guide rollers into the vertical tracks. Lower section

until it is seated against bottom section. flip hinges up. fasten intermediate hinge(s) first,

then end hinges, using 1/4”-14 x 7/8” self drilling screws. Repeat for other sections, except

top section.
IMPORTANT: PuSH & HOLD THE HInGE LEAfS SECuRELY AGAInST THE SECTIOnS WHILE

SecuRing WiTH 1/4”-14 x 7/8” SeLf DRiLLing ScReWS. THeRe SHouLD Be no gAP

BETWEEn THE HInGE LEAfS AnD THE SECTIOnS.
NOTE: Install lock at this time (sold separately). See optional installation step, Side Lock.

Lock section

Vertical

tracks

Intermediate

hinge(s)

Left

end hinge

Right

end hinge

1/4”-14 x 7/8” Self drilling screw locations

Top Brackets

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Tools: Power drill, 7/16” Socket driver

Align the top bracket base atop the corner of the top section and even with the edge of the

section. fasten to section through end cap using (4) 1/4”-14 x 7/8” self drilling screws. Se-

cure the top bracket slide to the bracket base loosely using (1) 5/16”-18 x 3/4” carriage bolt

and (1) 5/16”-18 hex nut. The bracket will be tightened and adjusted later, in step, Adjusting

Top Brackets. Insert roller into top bracket slide. Repeat for other side.

5/16”-18 x 3/4”

Carriage bolt

Roller

(4) 1/4”-14 x 7/8”

Self drilling screws

Top bracket base

Top bracket slide

5/16”-18 Hex nut

End cap

Top section

Top section

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Tools: Hammer, Step ladder, Tape measure

Place the top section in the opening. Temporarily secure the top section by driving a nail in

the header near the center of the door and bending it over the top section. now, flip up the

hinge leaves, hold tight against section, and fasten center hinges first and end hinges last

(refer to step, Stacking Sections). Vertical track alignment is critical. Position vertical track

assembly’s flag angle between 1-11/16” (43 mm) to 1-3/4” (44 mm) from the edge of the

door; tighten the bottom lag screw. flag angles must be parallel to the door sections. Repeat

for other side.
IMPORTANT: THE DIMEnSIOn BETWEEn THE fLAG AnGLES MuST BE DOOR WIDTH PLuS

3-3/8” (86MM) To 3-1/2” (89 MM) foR SMooTH, SAfe DooR oPeRATion.
Complete the vertical track installation by tightening the other lag screws. Push the vertical

track against the rollers so that the rollers are touching the deepest part of the curved side of

the track as shown; tighten all the track bolts and nuts. Repeat for other side.

Top section

Top

section

Nail

Door width

+ 3-3/8” to 3-1/2”

1-11/16”

to 1-3/4”

Flag

angle

Flag angle

Vertical track

against rollers

Operator Bracket

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Tools: Power drill, 7/16” Socket driver, Tape measure

IMPORTANT: WHEn COnnECTInG A TROLLEY TYPE GARAGE DOOR OPEnER TO THIS DOOR,

A WAYnE-DALTOn OPERATOR/ TROLLEY BRACKET MuST BE SECuRELY ATTACHED TO

THE TOP SECTIOn Of THE DOOR If OnE HAS BEEn PROVIDED, ALOnG WITH AnY u-BARS

PROVIDED WITH THE DOOR (If A WAYnE-DALTOn OPERATOR/ TROLLEY BRACKET WAS nOT

PROVIDED WITH YOuR DOOR, THAn uSE THE OnE PROVIDED BY YOuR OPERATOR MAnu-

fACTuRER). THE InSTALLATIOn Of THE OPERATOR MuST BE ACCORDInG TO MAnufAC-

TuRER’S InSTRuCTIOnS AnD fORCE SETTInGS MuST BE ADjuSTED PROPERLY.
uninstall the centermost hinge connecting the top section to the one below by removing the

1/4”-14 x 7/8” self drilling screws.
connect the upper half of the operator bracket to the lower half using (4) 5/16”-18 x 3/4”

bolts and flange nuts.
Slide the top of the upper half of the operator bracket under the u-bar, removing the u-bar’s

screws if necessary, and attach to the top section (through u-bar if necessary) using (3) 1/4”-

20 x 7/8” self drilling screws.
NOTE: If your door lacks a u-bar on the top section, ignore the previous paragraph.
Position the bottom half of the operator bracket so that its hinge is located at the section joint

between the top section and the one below. The bottom two holes should be on the section

below the top section and the two holes above should be on the top section. Attach using (4)

1/4”-20 x 5/8” self drilling screws.
NOTE: When attaching operator bracket to top section with u-bar, apply additional pressure

to thread into the u-bar.

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