Wayne-Dalton 8300 - Manual (Page 9)

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(4) 1/4”- 20 x 5/8”
Self-drilling screws
(3) 1/4”- 20 x 7/8”
Self-drilling screws
(4) 5/16”- 18 x 3/4”
Bolts and nuts
Upper half
U-bar
Lower half
Attaching hor Tracks to vertical Tracks
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Tools: Ratchet wrench, 7/16” Socket, 9/16” Socket, 9/16” Wrench,
level, Step ladder
NOTE: If you have f.A. flag angles, complete this step.
To install horizontal track, place the curved end over the top roller of the top section. Align the
bottom of the horizontal track with the top of the vertical track. Tighten the horizontal track to
the flag angle with (2) 1/4”-20 x 9/16” track bolts and (2) 1/4”-20 flange hex nuts.
WARNING WARNING
DO NOT RAIsE DOOR uNTIL hORIzONTAL TRACks ARE sECuRED AT REAR,
As OuTLINED IN sTEP, REAR suPPORT, OR DOOR COuLD fALL fROM OvER-
hEAD POsITION CAusING sEvERE OR fATAL INjuRy.
Level the horizontal track assembly and bolt the horizontal angle to the first encountered slot
in the flag angle using (1) 3/8”-16 x 3/4” truss head bolt and (1) 3/8”-16 hex nut. Repeat for
other side.
Remove the nail that was temporarily holding the top section in place, installed in step, Top
Section.
IMPORTANT: fAILuRE TO REMOVE nAIL BEfORE ATTEMPTInG TO RAISE DOOR COuLD
CAuSE PERMAnEnT DAMAGE TO TOP SECTIOn.
NOTE: If an idrive
® opener will be installed, position horizontal tracks slightly above level.
Flag angle
1/4”-20 x 9/16”
Track bolts
1/4”-20
Flange hex nuts
Horizontal
track
3/8”-16
Hex nut
Horizontal
angle
3/8”-16 x 3/4”
Truss head bolt
Adjusting Top Brackets
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Tools: 7/16” Wrench, Step ladder
With horizontal tracks installed, you can now adjust the top brackets. Vertically align the top
section of the door with the lower sections. Once aligned, position the top bracket slide out
against the horizontal track. Maintaining the slide’s position, tighten the 5/16”-18 hex nut to
secure the top bracket slide to the top bracket base.
Top bracket slide
5/16”-18
Hex nut
Horizontal track
Roller
Top section
End Bearing Brackets
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Tools: Step ladder, Power drill, Ratchet wrench, 7/16” Socket driver,
9/16” Socket, 9/16” Wrench
IMPORTANT: RIGHT AnD LEfT HAnD IS ALWAYS DETERMInED fROM InSIDE THE BuILDInG
LOOKInG OuT.
NOTE: End brackets are right and left hand.
Attach the left hand end bearing bracket through either the end bearing bracket’s upper or
lower slots to the left hand horizontal angle using (2) 3/8”-16 x 3/4” truss head bolts and (2)
3/8”-16 nuts.
IMPORTANT: THE EnD BEARInG BRACKET’S LOWER SLOTS ARE uSED On DOORS WITH
12” RADIuS TRACK; THE uPPER SLOTS ARE uSED On DOORS WITH 15” RADIuS TRACK.
Secure the end bearing bracket to the jamb with (3) 5/16” x 1-5/8” lag screws. Repeat for
other side.
(2) 3/8”-16
Hex nuts
(2) 3/8”-16 x 3/4”
Truss head bolts
Left end bracket
Upper slot
Lower slots
Horizontal angle
(3) 5/16” x 1-5/8”
Lag screws
Center Bearing Bracket
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Tools: Step ladder, Power drill, 7/16” Socket driver, 1/4” Torx bit, Level,
Tape measure, Pencil
Locate the center of the door. Mark a vertical pencil line on the mounting surface above
the door, at the center. Measure from the center of the bearing, in one of the end bearing
brackets, downwards, to the top the door. using that measurement, measure that distance
upwards from the top of the door to the mounting surface, and mark a horizontal pencil line
which intersects the vertical pencil line. Align the edge of the center bearing bracket with
the vertical pencil line and the center of the bearing in the center bearing bracket with the
horizontal pencil line; this is to ensure the torsion tube is level between the center and end
bearing brackets.
Attach the center bearing bracket to the mounting surface, using (2) 5/16” x 1-5/8” lag
screws and (1) 5/16” x 2” tamper-resistant lag screw.
IMPORTANT: uSe A 5/16” x 1-5/8” TAMPeR-ReSiSTAnT LAg ScReW inSTeAD of THe
5/16” x 2” TAMPER-RESISTAnT LAG SCREW If MOunTInG SuRfACE IS MOunTED OVER
MASOnRY. TAMPER-RESISTAnT LAG SCREW MuST BE ATTACHED THROuGH THE BOTTOM
HOLE Of THE CEnTER BEARInG BRACKET.
Center bearing
bracket
Vertical line
Mounting surface
Equal distance (top of door section to horizontal line)
Horizontal line
Center of end
bearing bracket
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