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Fasten the manual near the garage door after installation. [] Operation [] Troubleshooting [] Parts List Complies with UL 325 ,/"_'_ regulations effective _ U| January 1, 1993 Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A visit our Craftsman website: www.sears.com/craftsman...
Contents Page Contents Page A review of safety alert symbols ......... 2 Install the light and lens ..........19 You'll need tools............3 Attach emergency release rope and handle ....19 Safety information regarding garage door locks Electrical requiramemts ..........20 and ropes ..............
You'll Need Tools During assembly, installation and adjustment of the opener, instructions will call for hand tools shown below. _ckets Adjustable End Wrench Stepladder An unbalanced garage door might not reverse To avoid damage to the garage door when required and someone under the door opener,...
Before you begin, survey your garage area to see whether any of the conditions below apply to your installation. FINISHED CEILING Support bracket & fastening hardware Horizontal and vertical reinforcement is required. is needed for lightweight garage doors See page 17. (fiberglass, steel, aluminum, door with glass panels, etc.).
One-Piece Door without Track Before you begin, survey your garage area to FINISHED CEILING see whether any of the conditions below apply support bracket "_ to your installation. &fastening h_rdware is required. See page 17. Header Wall _Trolley Stop Bolt Cable Trolley EmergenCy...
Carton Inventory Your garage door opener is packaged in two cartons which contain parts illustrated below. Accessories will depend on model purchased, if anything is missing, carefully check the packing material. Parts may be "stuck" in the foam. Hardware for assembly and installation is shown on page 7. Standard Control Console Security+ Keyless Entry...
Assembly Section: Pages 8 - 11 To avoid installation difficulties, do not run the garage door opener until instructed to do so. Assembly Step I Assemble the Rail & Install Trolley The front rail has a cut out "window"at the door end (see illustration).
Assembly Step 2 Fasten the Rail to the Opener To fasten rail, use only those screws mounted in the top of the opener. Any other screws will • Insert a 1/4"-20xl -3/4 bolt into the cover cause serious damage to the opener. protection bolt hole on the back end of the rail as shown.
Assembly Step 4 Install the Chain/Cable and Attach the Sprocket Cover 1. Pull the cable around the idler pulley and toward the trolley. 2. Connect the cable loop to the retaining slot on the trolley, as shown: • From below, push pins of master link bar up Dispensing Carton through cable loop and trolley slot.
Assembly Step 5 Tighten the Chain • Spin the inner nut and lock washer down the Figure I o=_ Lo_ Tro,.y threaded shaft, away from the trolley. Nut Washer Shaft • To tighten the chain, turn outer nut in the direction To T_.,_n O uter Nut.--_ I shown (Figure 1).
Installation Section: Pages 12 - 27 Installation Step I Determine Header Bracket Location If the header bracket Is not rigidly fastened to Installation procedures vary according to a structural support on the header wall or garage door types. Follow the instructions ceiling, the safety reverse...
Read the Safety instructions on page 12. They also apply to doors without tracks. Header Wall Vertical Centerflne • Close the door and mark the inside vertical centerline of your garage door. Extend the line onto the header wall above door. If headroom clearance is minimal, you can install the header bracket on the ceiling.
You can attach the header bracket either to the wall above the garage door, or to the ceiling. Follow the instructions which will work best for Install the Header Bracket Installation Step 2 your particular requirements. Wall Header Bracket Installation •...
Rail to the Header Bracket Installation Step 3 NOTE: (Optional) With an existing Craftsman installation, you may re-use the old header bracket with the two plastic spacers included in the hardware bag. Place the spacers inside the bracket on each side of the rail, as illustrated.
Installation Step 4 Position the Opener Follow instructions which apply to your door type as illustrated. A 2x4 laid flat is convenient for setting an ideal door-to-T-rail distance. Outer Trolley Inner Trolley • Raise the opener onto a stepladder as shown, You will need help at this point if the ladder is not tall enough.
Installation Step 5 Hang Opener Two representative installations are shown. Yours may be different. Hanging brackets should be angled, Figure 1, to provide rigid suppod. On Figure I finished ceilings, Figure 2, attach a sturdy metal bracket to structural supports before installing the opener.
Installation Step 6 Install the Door Control Do not connect to live electrical wiling. Connect only to 24 Volt/oH, voltage wires. Connection to Locate the door control within sight of the door at a live wires or higher voltage may cause serious minimum height of 5 feet where small children injury from shock, burn or electrocution.
6. Attach the User Safety Instruction label to the wall Do NOT connect the power and operate near the door control, and the Maintenance openerat this time. The trolley will travel to the Instruction label in a prominent location on the full open position but will not return to the inside of the garage door.
Installation Step 9 Electrical Requirements To prevent electrocution or fire, installation and wiring must be in compliance with local electrical and building codes. To reduce the risk of electric shook, your garage door opener has a grounding type plug with a third Do NOTuse an extension cord, 2-wire adapter, grounding pin.
The Safety Reversing System IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFETY REVERSING SENSOR The safety reversing sensor must be connected Without a properly working safety reversing and aligned correctly before the garage door sensor, persons (particularly children) could opener will move in the down direction. This is a be injured or killed by a closing garage door.
Figure 2 DOOR TRACK MOUNT (Right Side) Installation Step 10 Install the Safety Reversing Sensor • Track INSTALLING THE BRACKETS ', Up Door Indicator Be sure power to the opener is disconnected. light Install and align the brackets so the sensors will face each other across the garage door, with the beam from 4 - 6"...
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MOUNTING AND WIRING THE SAFETY SENSORS Figure 5 • Slide a 1/4"-20xl/2" carriage bolt head into the slot on each sensor. Use wing nuts to fasten sensors to brackets, wRh lenses pointingtoward each other Wing nut across the door. Be sure the lens is not obstructed by a bracket extension.
Installation Step 11 Fasten Door Bracket Follow instructions which apply to your door type as illustrated below or on page 25. A horizontal brace should be long enough to be secured to 2 vertical supports. A vertical brace should cover the height of the top panel. The illustration shows one piece of angle iron as the horizontal brace.
Please read and comply with the warnings and reinforcement Instructions on page 24. They apply to one-piece doors also. Header Wall 2x4 Support Header -- Finished Coiling -- Horizontal and vertical reinforcement is Ooor • needed for lightweight garage doors Placement Bracket of Door...
Installation Step 12 Connect Door Arm to Trolley Follow instructions which apply to your door type as illustrated below and on page 27. Make sure garage door is fully closed. Pull the emergency release handle to disconnect the outer trolley from the inner trolley, Slide the outer trolley back (away from the pulley) for 8"...
Assemble the Door Arm: Door Ring • Fasten the straight and curved door arm sections together to the longest possible length (with a 2 or Nuts Lock 5/16"-18 3 hole ovedap). Washers 5/16" • With the door closed, connect the straight door arm Clevis Pin Straight section to the door bracket with the 5/16"xl-1/4"...
Adjustment Section: Pages 28 - 30 Adjustment Step 1 Adjust the UP and DOWN Limits Improper adjustment of the travel limits will Do not make any limit adjustments until the interfere with the proper operation of the safety safety reversing sensors are completely reverse system.
Adjustment Step 2 Adjust the Force Too much force on the door will interfere with the proper operation of the safety reverse Force adjustment controls are located on the back system. The door might not reverse properly }anel of the opener. Force adjustment settings when required and could seriously Injure or kill regulate the amount of power required to open and someone...
Adjustment Step 3 Test The Safety Reversing Sensor • Press the remote control push button to open the door. • Place the opener carton in the path of the door. • Press the remote control push button to close the door.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS To reduce the risk of severe injury or death to persons: 1. READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 5. If possible, use the emergency release only when the door is in a closed position. Caution 2. Do not permit children either to operate or to should be taken whenever the disconnect cord play with the opener.
Operation of Your Opener Activate the opener with any of the following: • The Remote Control: Hold push button down until the door starts to move. • The Door Control: Hold push button down until Weak or broken sp/_ngs could allow an open the door starts to move.
Receiver and Remote Control Programming To complywdhFCC rules,adjustmento¢modifications o f this receiver andfor SE( URri '.F transmitterare prohtbRed, except for changingthe code settingor replacing the battery. THERE ARE NO OTHER USER SERVICEABLE PARTS. Your garage door opener receiver and remote control have been pre-set at the factory.
Having a Problem? Situation Probable Cause and Solution The opener doesn ? 1. Does the opener have electric power?. Plug a lamp into the outlet. If it doesn't light, operate from either check the fuse box or the circuit breaker. (Some outlets are controlled by a wall switch.) the Door Control or 2.
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Having a Problem? (continued) Situation Probable Cause & Solution The door opens but If the opener lights blink, check the safety reversing sensor. See page 23. won't close: If the opener lights do not blink and it is a new installation, check the down force. See Adjustment Step 2, page 29.
Accessories Sears offers many useful accessodes for your garage door opener. They are illustrated below with Sears model numbers and descriptions. 139.53702 Emergency Key Release: 139.53681 SECURITY+ 3-Function Remote Control: Requ/redfor a garage with NO access door. Enables homeowner Includes visor clip. to open garage door manually from outside by disengaging trolley.
Index Access Door/Outside Key Release Accessory ....................4, 5 Chain Tension .............................. 4, 5, 11 Electrical Safety Warnings ........................2, 20, 31 Garage Door Testing for balance, binding and sticking ....................3, 28, 31 Determining high point of travel: Sectional door ..............................One-piece door ..............................
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