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Securing Door

for Spring Winding

Tools Needed:

Place vice clamps onto both vertical

 

Vice Clamps

tracks just above the third roller. This is

 

to prevent the garage door from raising

 

while winding the counterbalance

 

springs.

WARNING

Failure to place vice clamps onto vertical Tracks can allow door to raise and cause severe or fatal injury.

place vice

clamps above

3rd Roller

Vice clamps

Track

attached to

 

track

 

 

 

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Cable Adjustment

 

 

 

Tools Needed:

Check to ensure the cable is aligned

Vice Grips

and seated in the first and second

 

groove of the cable drum. Snug the set

Pliers/Wire

screw, and then tighten an additional

Cutters

1-1/2 turns.

Flat Tip

IMPORTANT: ENSURE THE CABLE IS

ALIGNED AND SEATED IN THE FIRST

Screwdriver

 

GROOVE OF THE CABLE DRUM PRIOR TO

Step Ladder

WINDING SPRINGS.

 

Measure approximately 6” of cable and

 

cut off excess cable. Insert end of cable

 

in hole of cable drum.

 

NOTE: Illustrations show the right

 

TorqueMaster® Plus drum, left

 

TorqueMaster® Plus drum is

 

symmetrically opposite.

1-1/2 wrap

Cam peak

6”

Set screw

Cable drum hole

First and second groove

Right hand drum

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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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Wayne-Dalton 6100 installation instructions Securing Door, For Spring Winding, Cable Adjustment, Winding Springs

6100 specifications

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