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TorqueMaster® Spring Removal

loosen lock

counter

 

 

nut 1/4 turn

 

gear/ cover

 

 

 

Tools Needed:

A TorqueMaster® spring system can be

 

INSTALLATION-

identified by the end brackets. For single

 

 

 

Recommended

spring applications, the right hand end

 

right hand

bracket will always have a drive gear,

 

end bracket

tools from

counter gear, counter cover, and a winding

 

 

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bolt head. The left hand end bracket will

 

 

 

have no gears, counter cover, or winding

 

 

 

bolt head. The hole for the winding bolt

 

PRE

 

head will be plugged.

 

 

 

 

 

For double springs, both the right hand and

 

place mark on end bracket

 

left hand end brackets will always have a

 

 

 

and drive gear tooth

 

drive gear, counter gear, counter cover and

 

 

Fig. 1

before unwinding springs

 

a winding bolt head.

 

IMPORTANT: Right and left hand is

end bracket

 

always determined from inside the

 

 

 

building looking out.

 

right hand

 

 

 

 

Step 1: If you have a black counter

 

winding bolt head

 

 

 

 

cover: Place a mark on the drive gear

 

 

 

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

 

gun)

 

the lock nut 1/4 turn using a 7/16” wrench

 

 

 

and continue with step 2.

 

 

 

Step 2: Using an electric drill (High torque

 

 

 

/ gear reduced to 1300 rpm preferred) with

 

 

 

a 7/16” hex head driver, unwind the right

Fig. 2

 

 

hand winding bolt head counterclockwise

right hand

 

 

(Fig. 2) and count the number of turns the

 

 

mark on the drive gear passes the adjacent

cable drum

 

 

mark on the end bracket. Referencing

 

 

 

the chart below, by door height, stop

 

 

 

unwinding the spring once the counted

TorqueMaster®

 

 

turns have reached the listed number of

 

 

Spring Tube

 

 

turns.

 

 

 

 

 

6’-0” Door Height = 14 turns

 

 

 

6’-3” Door Height = 14 1/2 turns

 

 

 

6’-5” Door Height = 15 turns

 

 

 

6’-6” Door Height = 15 turns

 

 

 

6’-8” Door Height = 15 1/2 turns

 

check cable

 

6’-9” Door Height = 15 1/2 turns

 

tension

 

7’-0” Door Height = 16 turns

 

 

 

7’-3” Door Height = 16 1/2 turns

 

 

 

7’-6” Door Height = 17 turns

 

 

 

7’-9” Door Height = 17 1/2 turns

Fig. 3

 

 

8’-0” Door Height = 18 turns

 

 

 

counter

 

 

 

 

CAUTION: DO NOT USE IMPACT GUN TO

 

gear

 

UNWIND SPRINGS.

 

 

 

IMPORTANT: DO NOT reference the

 

counter

 

counter cover when counting the

 

 

 

cover

 

number of turns being unwound

 

 

 

 

 

on the spring, but follow the

 

 

 

instructions above.

pry counter gear

 

 

Step 3: Verify that spring tension has been

and counter cover

 

 

from end bracket

 

 

released by pulling the counterbalance

 

 

using flat Tip

 

 

cable on the right hand cable drum away

 

 

screwdriver

 

 

from the header (Fig. 3). If spring tension

 

 

 

 

 

has been released, the cable will be loose.

 

 

 

In addition, the TorqueMaster® Spring Tube

 

 

 

 

 

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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 AND 9600, 9400 installation instructions TorqueMaster Spring Removal, Unwind Springs
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AND 9600, 9400 specifications

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