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Torsion Spring Assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right hand cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drum black

Tools Needed:

Important: right and left hand is always

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

determined from inside the building looking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step Ladder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Identify the springs provided as either right

 

 

 

 

 

 

blackside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wound hand

 

hand wound (red winding cone), which goes on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hand

right

 

left hand side or left hand wound (black winding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left

cone

 

cone), which goes on the right hand side.

Left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

winding

Torsion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facing the inside of the door, lay the torsion tube on

hand

 

 

winding

 

 

tube

 

cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

red

 

 

 

the floor. Lay the spring with the black color coded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drum red

 

wound

side

 

 

 

 

winding cone and the black color coded cable drum,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hand

hand

Torsion

 

 

at the right hand end of the tube. Lay the spring with

 

left

 

 

 

Right

 

tube

 

 

 

the red color coded winding cone and the red color

cone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

coded cable drum, at the left hand end of the tube.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nylon center

 

Note: The set screws used on all torsion

 

 

 

 

 

 

bracket bushing

 

counterbalance winding cones and cable drums, are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now colored red. Do not identify right and left hand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by the set screw color.

 

 

 

Left hand wound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slide the nylon center bushing onto the torsion tube

 

 

 

Black winding cone right

 

 

 

 

 

hand side

 

 

 

followed by the springs and cable drums. The nylon

 

 

 

 

Right hand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

center bushing, springs and cable drums must be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cable drum

 

positioned, as shown.

Right hand wound

 

 

 

 

 

black

 

 

Red winding cone

 

 

 

With assistance, pick up the torsion assembly and

Nylon center

 

Left hand side

 

bracket

 

slide one end of the tube through one end bearing

 

 

 

 

 

bushing

 

bracket. Lay the torsion tube into the center bearing

Left hand cable

 

 

Torsion

 

 

 

 

bracket and slide the other end of the tube into the

drum red

 

 

 

 

 

 

opposite end bearing bracket. Position the torsion

 

 

 

tube

 

 

 

 

tube so that equal amounts of the tube extend from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

each end bearing bracket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spacing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bracket

 

 

 

 

 

Torsion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Torsion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

assembly

 

 

 

 

 

End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bearing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bracket

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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Wayne-Dalton 6100 installation instructions Torsion Spring Assembly

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