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PN# 3642036534, 02/26/2010 REV. 1
DOOR BRACKET:
NOTE: For door bracket and bolts locate Bag 4
from Box 2.
1. Finding door bracket mounting location.
• Door bracket is mounted as high on
door as
possible along vertical centerline and NO LOWER
THAN top set of rollers (Fig. 2-7).
2. Mounting the door bracket.
• Proper bracing should be verified at this point.
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Align door bracket centered on your vertical
centerline (Fig. 2-8).
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Attach using 3 self-drilling screws for sheet
metal or other light weight material.
–
Use lag screws (not provided) for solid
wooden sectional doors.
NOTE: For solid wood doors, carriage bolts
WITHOUT SLOTTED HEADS (not included) may
also be used for attaching door bracket.
INSTALL DOOR ARMS
NOTE: For door arm nuts and bolts, clevis and
cotter pins locate Bag 5 from Box 2.
1. Attach the arms.
• Fasten short branch of curved door arm to door
bracket using bolt and locking nut (Fig. 2-9).
• Fasten straight arm to carriage using short
clevis pin and cotter pin (Fig. 2-9).
2. Connecting the arms.
•
Slide carriage back and forth to adjust arm length.
–Position the straight arm 50º down from the
rail.
• With the arms arranged in this position, fasten
arms together using bolts and nuts spaced as
far apart as possible (Fig. 2-9).
Doors made of masonite, lightweight wood,
fiberglass, and sheet metal must be properly
braced before mounting door opener. Contact
door manufacturer or distributor for a bracing kit.
The Genie Company is not responsible for
damage caused due to improperly braced door.
CAUTION
FIG. 2-7 Mounting door Bracket
.
centerline
even with or
above top roller
FIG. 2-9 Attaching door arms.
FIG. 2-8 Examples of door bracket positioning.
centerline of top roller
A B
centerline
50°short clevis pin & cotter pinbolts as farapart aspossible