P2 | TorqueMaster® Spring Removal | loosen lock | counter |
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Tools Needed: | A TorqueMaster® spring system can be |
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identified by the end brackets. For single |
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Recommended | spring applications, the right hand end |
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bracket will always have a drive gear, |
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tools from | counter gear, counter cover, and a winding |
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page 5 | bolt head. The left hand end bracket will |
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| have no gears, counter cover, or winding |
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| bolt head. The hole for the winding bolt |
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| head will be plugged. |
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| For double springs, both the right hand and |
| place mark on end bracket |
| left hand end brackets will always have a |
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| and drive gear tooth | |
| drive gear, counter gear, counter cover and |
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| Fig. 1 | before unwinding springs | |
| a winding bolt head. | ||
| IMPORTANT: Right and left hand is | end bracket | |
| always determined from inside the |
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| building looking out. |
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| Step 1: If you have a black counter |
| winding bolt head |
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| cover: Place a mark on the drive gear |
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| tooth and an adjacent mark on the right |
| electric drill |
| hand end bracket (Fig. 1). Loosen the lock |
| with 7/16” hex |
| nut 1/4 turn using a 7/16” wrench and |
| driver (do not |
| continue with step 2. |
| use impact |
| If you have a gray counter cover: Loosen |
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| the lock nut 1/4 turn using a 7/16” wrench |
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| and continue with step 2. |
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| Step 2: Using an electric drill (High torque |
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| / gear reduced to 1300 rpm preferred) with |
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| a 7/16” hex head driver, unwind the right | Fig. 2 |
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| hand winding bolt head counterclockwise | right hand |
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| (Fig. 2) and count the number of turns the |
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| mark on the drive gear passes the adjacent | cable drum |
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| mark on the end bracket. Referencing |
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| the chart below, by door height, stop |
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| unwinding the spring once the counted | TorqueMaster® |
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| turns have reached the listed number of |
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| CAUTION: DO NOT USE IMPACT GUN TO |
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| UNWIND SPRINGS. |
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| IMPORTANT: DO NOT reference the |
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| counter cover when counting the |
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| number of turns being unwound |
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| on the spring, but follow the |
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| instructions above. | pry counter gear |
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| Step 3: Verify that spring tension has been | and counter cover |
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| from end bracket |
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| released by pulling the counterbalance |
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| using flat Tip |
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| cable on the right hand cable drum away |
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| screwdriver |
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| from the header (Fig. 3). If spring tension |
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| has been released, the cable will be loose. |
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| In addition, the TorqueMaster® Spring Tube |
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