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Owner's
Manual
1/2 HP
GARAGE DOOR OPENER
For Residential
Use Only
Model No:
139.53978SRT
CAUTION:
Read and follow all safety rules
and operating instructions
before first use of this product.
Fasten the manual near the
garage door after installation.
Complies with UL 325 ,/"_'_
regulations effective
_ U|
|
January 1, 1993
[] Safety Precautions
[] Assembly
[] Installation
[] Adjustment
[] Maintenance
[] Operation
[] Troubleshooting
[] Parts List
Sears,
Roebuck
and Co., Hoffman
Estates,
IL 60179
U.S.A
visit our Craftsman website: www.sears.com/craftsman

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  • Page 1 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...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    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 ..............

  • Page 3: You'll Need Tools

    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,...

  • Page 4: Illustrationof Sectional Door Installation

    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.).

  • Page 5: Illush'ationof One-Piece Door Installation

    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...

  • Page 6: Carton Inventory

    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...

  • Page 7: Hardware Inventory

    Separate all hardware from the packages in the rail carton and the opener carton, as shown below, for the assembly and installation procedures. ASSEMBLY @ © @ Lock Nut Lock Washer 1/4"-20 (2) 3/8' (1) 3/8" (1) Master Link(2) Bolt 1/4"-20 x 1-5/4" (2) Chain Spreader (2) Idler Bolt (1) TroUey Threaded Shaft (1)

  • Page 8: Assembly Section: Pages

    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).

  • Page 9: Fasten The Rail To The Opener

    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.

  • Page 10: Install Chain/Cable & Attach The Sprocket Cover

    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.

  • Page 11: Tighten The Chain

    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).

  • Page 12: Installation Section: Pages

    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...

  • Page 13: One-Piece Door

    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.

  • Page 14: Install The Header Bracket

    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 •...

  • Page 15: Attach The Rail To Header Bracket

    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.

  • Page 16: Positionthe Opener

    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.

  • Page 17: Hang The Opener

    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.

  • Page 18: Install The Door Control

    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.

  • Page 19: Install The Light And Lens

    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.

  • Page 20: Electrical Requiramemts

    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.

  • Page 21: Safety Reversing Sensor Information

    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.

  • Page 22: Install The Safety Reversing Sensor

    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"...
  • Page 23 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.

  • Page 24: Fasten Door Bracket (Sectional Door)

    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.

  • Page 25: Fasten Door Bracket (One-Piece Door)

    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...

  • Page 26: Connect Door Arm To Trolley (Sectional 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"...

  • Page 27: Connect Door Arm To Trolley (One-Piece Door)

    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"...

  • Page 28: Adjustment Section: Pages

    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.

  • Page 29: Force Adjustments

    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...

  • Page 30: Test The Safety Reversing Sensor

    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.

  • Page 31: Operation Safety Instructions

    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.

  • Page 32: Operation Of Your 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.

  • Page 33: Receiver And Remote Control Programming

    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.

  • Page 34: Having A Problem

    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.
  • Page 35 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.

  • Page 36: Repair Parts, Rail Assembly

    Repair Parts Rail Assembly Parts PART DESCRIPTION 1A995 Master link kit 41C5141-1 Complete trolley assembly 183C158-3 Rail - front (header) section 183C157-3 Rail - center/beck section (2) 144C56 Chain Idler pulley 41A5249 Chain and cable 144C62 Spreader (2) 12D598 U bracket Installation Parts PART...

  • Page 37: Repair Parts, Opener Assembly

    Repair Parts Opener Assembly Parts (Down) LIMIT SWITCH co.tact ASSEMe,v L,ontact Contact Wire PART PART DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 31D380 Sprocket cover 41D3058 Universal replacement motor & 41C4220A Gear and sprocket assembly bracket assembly Complete with: Complete with: Motor, worm, Spring washer bracket, bearing assembly, Thrust washer RPM sensor...

  • Page 38: Accessories

    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.

  • Page 39: Index

    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 ..............................

  • Page 40: How To Order Repair Parts

    For in-home major brand repair service: Call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 1-8OO-4-MY-HOME s" (1-800-469-4663) Para pedir servicio de reparaci6n a domicilio - 1-800-676-5811 For the repair or replacement parts you need: Call 6 a.m. - 11 p.m. CST, 7 days a week PartsDirect s"...

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