INSTALLATION STEP 12

Fasten the Door Bracket

Follow instructions which apply to your door type as illustrated below or on the following page.

Fiberglass, aluminum or lightweight steel garage doors WILL REQUIRE reinforcement BEFORE installation of door bracket. Contact your door manufacturer for reinforcement kit.

A horizontal reinforcement brace should be long enough to be secured to two or three vertical supports. A vertical reinforcement brace should cover the height of the top panel.

Figure 1 shows one piece of angle iron as the horizontal brace. For the vertical brace, 2 pieces of angle iron are used to create a U-shaped support. The best solution is to check with your garage door manufacturer for an opener installation door reinforcement kit.

NOTE: Many door reinforcement kits provide for direct attachment of the clevis pin and door arm. In this case you will not need the door bracket; proceed to Step 13.

SECTIONAL DOORS

1. Center the door bracket on the previously marked

vertical centerline used for the header bracket

installation. Note correct UP placement, as stamped

inside the bracket.

Header

Bracket

Door

Bracket

Location

Vertical

Centerline

of Garage

Door

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL REINFORCEMENT IS NEEDED FOR LIGHTWEIGHT GARAGE

DOORS (FIBERGLASS, ALUMINUM, STEEL, DOORS WITH GLASS PANEL, ETC.).

(NOT PROVIDED)

Figure 1

2. Position the top edge of the bracket 2"-4" (5-10 cm)

below the top edge of the door, OR directly below any

structural support across the top of the door.

3. Mark, drill holes and install as follows, depending on

your door’s construction:

Metal or light weight doors using a vertical angle iron brace between the door panel support and the door bracket:

•Drill 3/16" fastening holes. Secure the door bracket using the two 1/4"-14x5/8" self-threading screws (Figure 2A).

•Alternately, use two 5/16" bolts, lock washers and nuts (not provided) (Figure 2B).

Metal, insulated or light weight factory reinforced doors:

Vertical

Reinforcement

Vertical

Centerline

of Garage Door

UP

Door

Bracket

Self-Threading

Screw 1/4"-14x5/8"

Figure 2A

Vertical

Reinforcement

 

Vertical

 

Centerline

 

of Garage Door

Bolt

 

5/16"-18x2"

 

(Not Provided)

 

 

UP

Door

 

Bracket

 

Lock Washer

5/16"

Nut

 

 

5/16"-18

Figure 2B

•Drill 3/16" fastening holes. Secure the door bracket using the self-threading screws (Figure 3).

Wood Doors:

•Use top and bottom or side to side door bracket holes. Drill 5/16" holes through the door and secure bracket with 5/16"x2" carriage bolts, lock washers and nuts (not provided) (Figure 4).

NOTE: The 1/4"-14x5/8" self-threading screws are not intended for use on wood doors.

HARDWARE

SHOWN

ACTUAL SIZE

Self-Threading Screw 1/4"-14x5/8"

 

Bolt 5/16"x2"

Inside Edge

 

(Not Provided)

 

of Door or

 

 

 

 

Reinforcement Board

Vertical

 

UP

 

 

Centerline

Vertical

 

of Garage

 

Door

Centerline

 

UP

of Garage

 

Door

 

 

 

Self-Threading

 

Figure 4

Screw

 

 

 

1/4"-14x5/8"

 

 

Figure 3

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