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Rear Support

 

 

 

Tools Needed:

WARNING

DOOR IN THE

UP POSITION

 

 

Ratchet Wrench

Keep horizontal track

 

 

 

1/2” Socket

parallel and within 3/4”

 

maximum of door edge,

 

 

 

1/2” Wrench

otherwise door could fall,

 

 

resulting in severe injury or

 

(2) Vice Clamps

death.

 

Step Ladder

Raise the door until the top section and half

 

 

of the next section are in a horizontal position.

 

 

Do not raise door any further since rear of

 

 

horizontal track is not yet supported.

vice

 

WARNING

 

clamps

 

Raising door further can

 

 

result in door falling and

 

 

cause severe injury or death.

 

 

Clamp a pair of vice clamps on the vertical

 

 

tracks just above the second roller on one

 

 

side, just below the second roller on the other

 

 

side. This will prevent the door from raising or

 

 

lowering while installing the rear support.

vertical

 

 

 

Using perforated angle, 5/16” x 1-5/8” hex

TRACK

 

 

 

head lag screws and 5/16” bolts with nuts

 

 

(may not be supplied), fabricate rear support

 

 

for horizontal tracks. Attach horizontal tracks to

 

 

the rear supports with 5/16”- 18 x 1-1/4” hex

 

 

bolts and nuts (may not be supplied). Horizontal

 

 

tracks must be level and parallel with door.

 

 

NOTE: If rear supports are to be installed over

 

 

drywall, use 5/16” x 2” hex head lag screws

 

 

and make sure lag screws engaged solid

 

 

structural lumber.

 

 

NOTE: If an idrive® opener will be installed,

 

 

position horizontal tracks one hole above level

 

 

when securing it to rear supports.

 

 

Adjust weather seal (if necessary). Now

 

 

permanently attach the weather seal to both

 

 

door jambs and header. (Temporarily attached in

 

 

PREPARING THE OPENING on page 6-7.) Avoid

 

 

pushing weather seal too tightly against face

 

 

of door.

Edge

 

WARNING

 

 

Door

 

Prior to winding or making adjustments

1/2”- 5/8”

 

to the springs, ensure you’re winding in

 

 

 

the proper direction as stated in the

 

 

Installation Instructions. Otherwise,

 

 

the spring fittings may release from

Horizontal Track

 

spring if not wound in the proper

 

 

 

direction and could result in severe or

 

 

fatal injury.

 

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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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8800 specifications

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