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Attaching U-Bars

 

 

 

Tools Needed:

NOTE: Double car door struts are color

coded. 18 gauge (.046) have red ends. 20

 

Power Drill

gauge (.034) have blue ends.

7/16” Socket

Bottom Section:

Driver

1. If your doors windload option code

Saw Horses

begins with 06, place the U-Bar with the

notched ends over the bottom rib of the

 

 

bottom section, notches facing down.

 

Center U-Bar left to right on section.

 

If your doors windload option code begins

 

with 02, place the U-Bar with the notched

 

ends over the bottom rib of the bottom

 

section, notches facing down. The end

 

of the U-bar will fit between the bottom

 

bracket flange and the bottom section rib.

 

Center U-Bar left to right on section.

 

2. Fasten the U-Bar at each end through

 

the top flange with (1) 1/4”-14 x 7/8”

 

self drilling screw. If your doors windload

 

option code begins with 02, also fasten

 

the U-bar at each end to the bottom

 

section rib with (2) 1/4”-14 X 5/8” self

 

drilling screws, through the two holes in

 

the bottom bracket flange.

 

3. Place (2) 1/4”-14 x 5/8” self tapping

 

screws through each pre-punched hole at

 

each intermediate hinge location.

 

4. Place the U-Bar over the top rib of

 

the bottom section with the eight pre-

 

punched holes, facing up. Center U-Bar

 

left to right on section. Attach the U-Bar

 

at each end through the bottom flange

 

with (1) 1/4”-14 x 7/8” self drilling screw.

 

5. Finish securing the U-Bars to the

 

section, by placing (2) 1/4” -14 x 5/8”

 

self tapping screws midway between the

 

end of the door and intermediate hinge

 

locations and (1) 1/4” -14 x 5/8” self

 

tapping screw approximately eight inches

 

from each end.

 

Intermediate/ Top Section(s):

 

1. Place the U-Bar over the top rib of each

 

of the remaining sections with the (8)

 

pre-punched holes at the ends, facing up.

 

Center U-Bar left to right on section.

 

2. Fasten the U-Bar(s) at each end

 

through the top and bottom flange with (2)

 

1/4”-14 x 7/8” self drilling screws.

 

3. Place (2) 1/4”-14 x 5/8” self tapping

 

screws through each intermediate hinge.

 

4. Finish securing the U-Bar(s) to the

 

section, by placing (2) 1/4” -14 x 5/8”

 

self tapping screws midway between the

 

end of the door and intermediate hinge

 

locations and (1) 1/4” -14 x 5/8” self

 

tapping screw approximately eight inches

 

from each end.

1/4”-14 X 5/8” SELF

u-bAR

TAPPING SCREWS

 

1/4”-14 X 7/8” self drilling

 

screws

iNTERMEDIATE SCREW

 

 

PLACEMENT

1/4”-14 X 5/8”

SELF TAPPING SCREWS

notched U-BAR

u-bar

Flange rib

(2) 1/4”-14 x 5/8” Self Drilling screws

For option codes starting with 02 For option codes starting with 06

Bottom SECTION

1/4”-14 X 7/8” self drilling

screwsu-bAR

1/4”-14 X 5/8” SELF

TAPPING SCREWS

iNTERMEDIATE SCREW

PLACEMENT

intermediate SECTION

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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

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