Wayne-Dalton 9800 installation instructions Center Bearing Bracket, Torsion Spring Assembly

13	Center Bearing Bracket
Tools Needed:	Measure to locate the center of the door
Power Drill	and mark a vertical pencil line on the
	mounting surface above the door, to
7/16” Socket	indicate the center line of the door. Then,
Driver	measure from the center of the bearing, in
Level	one of the end bearing brackets, DOWN to
	the top of the door. Using that dimension,
Tape Measure	measure UP from the top of the door
Pencil	and mark a horizontal pencil line on the
	mounting surface, intersecting the vertical
1/4” Torx Bit
	pencil line. Now align the edge of the center

Horizontal line

Center of end bearing bracket

Mounting surface

Vertical line

Equal distance

Center bearing bracket

Step Ladder	bearing bracket along the vertical pencil
	line on the mounting surface. Center the
	bearing bracket on the horizontal line. This
	will ensure the torsion tube is level between
	the center and end bearing brackets. Attach
	the center bearing bracket, in this location,
	to the mounting surface, using
	(2) 5/16” x 1-5/8” lag screws and (1) 5/16”
	x 2” tamper-resistant lag screw.
	IMPORTANT: Use the 5/16” x 1-5/8”
	tamper-resistant lag screw ONLY
	if mounting surface is mounted
	over masonry. Tamper-resistant lag
	screw MUST be attached through the
	bottom hole of the center bearing
	bracket.

(1) 5/16” x 1-5/8” lag screw

Mounting surface

Horizontal line

(1)5/16” x 1-5/8” lag screw

(1)5/16” x 2”

Tamper-resistant lag screw or

(1)5/16” x 1-5/8” LAG Screw

Center bearing bracket

Vertical line

14	Torsion Spring Assembly
Tools Needed:	IMPORTANT: Right and left hand is
Step Ladder	always determined from inside
	the garage looking out.
	NOTE: Identify the springs provided as
	either right hand wound (red winding
	cone), which goes on the LEFT HAND
	SIDE or left hand wound (black winding
	cone), which goes on the RIGHT HAND
	SIDE.
	Facing the inside of the door, lay the
	torsion tube on the floor. Lay the spring
	with the black color coded winding

Left hand cable drum red

			RED		IDE
					S
			ND	ND
			U	HA
		WO EFT
H	ND		L
	HA	CONE
T
WINDING
RIG

Right hand cable drum black

		ck S
	la			IDE
			ND
	B
	ND	HA
	U ht
	WO rig
ND
HA	CONE
Left
WINDING	Torsion

tube

Nylon Center bracket bushing

cone and the black color coded cable

drum, at the right hand end of the tube.

Lay the spring with the red color coded

winding cone and the red color coded

cable drum, at the left hand end of the

tube.

Nylon Center	Right
	hand
bracket bushing
	cable
RIGHT HAND WOUND
	drum
RED WINDING CONE	black

LEFT HAND SIDE	Left HAND WOUND
Left hand cable
	Black WINDING CONE
drum red	Torsion right HAND SIDE
	tube

16Please Do Not Return This Product To The Store. Contact your local Wayne-Dalton dealer.

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