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Sears 39.18205SR - 1/2 HP Owner's Manual

Sears 39.18205SR - 1/2 HP Owner's Manual

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The MODEL NUMBER label is located on the front panel of your opener.
CONTENTS
Safety Rules..............................................................2
Features of Your Opener .........................................3
Specifications ...........................................................3
You'll Need Tools .....................................................3
Completed Installation Illustration .........................4
Operation of Your Opener .......................................5
Accessories ..............................................................5
Care & Maintenance of Your Opener......................6
Assembly Instructions.............................................7
Installation Instructions.........................................10
Travel Limit Adjustments ......................................20
FASTEN THIS MANUAL NEAR THE GARAGE DOOR AFTER INSTALLATION.
PERIODIC CHECKS OF THE OPENER ARE REQUIRED TO INSURE SATISFACTORY OPERATION.
Owner's Manual
FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY
Garage Door Opener
Model 139.18205SR - 1/2 HP
Model 139.18203SR - 1/3 HP
CAUTION! PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY
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CONTENTS
Force Adjustments ...................................................21
Safety Reverse Test..................................................22
Setting/Changing Code ............................................23
Having a Problem? ...................................................24
Repair Parts, Rail Assembly ....................................26
Repair Parts, Installation..........................................26
Repair Parts, Chassis Assembly.............................27
How To Order Repair Parts......................................28
Warranty ....................................................................28
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    ® Owner's Manual FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY ® Garage Door Opener Model 139.18205SR - 1/2 HP Model 139.18203SR - 1/3 HP CAUTION! PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY The MODEL NUMBER label is located on the front panel of your opener. CONTENTS PAGE CONTENTS...

  • Page 2: Safety Rules

    Start By Reading These Important Safety Rules THESE SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS MEAN CAUTION - PERSONAL SAFETY, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR DANGER FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. THIS GARAGE DOOR OPENER IS DESIGNED AND TESTED TO OFFER REASONABLY SAFE SERVICE PROVIDED IT IS INSTALLED AND OPERATED IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.

  • Page 3: Features Of Your Opener

    Before you begin, please check the contents of the cartons. Illustrations of parts and hardware are shown on pages 26 and 27. Separate the hardware for assembly and installation as shown. FEATURES OF YOUR OPENER 5. Automatic Reconnect: Trolley halves reconnect for 1.

  • Page 4: Completed Installation Illustration

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF AS TYPICAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER INSTALLATION ON BOTH A SECTIONAL AND A ONE-PIECE DOOR. Some installation instructions vary for sectional and one-piece doors. Follow only those instructions which apply to your door type.

  • Page 5: Operation Of Your Opener

    "Locked-Out" and door can be raised and lowered manually. To reconnect trolley, pull emergency handle straight down. Sears offers many useful accessories for your garage door opener. They are ACCESSORIES illustrated below with Sears stock numbers and descriptions.

  • Page 6: Care & Maintenance Of Your Opener

    REPEAT THE SAFETY REVERSE TEST AFTER ANY radio controls is not recommended. If service is needed, ADJUSTMENT. Weather conditions may cause contact your nearest Sears Service Center. some minor changes in the door operation, requiring some readjustments, particularly during TRANSMITTER BATTERY: The 12 Volt battery should the first year of operation.

  • Page 7: Assembly Instructions

    CAUTION: Do not tighten the lock nuts until bolt ASSEMBLY STEP 1 necks are seated in square holes and rail sections are positioned correctly (see right and wrong Assemble Tee Rail & views below). Attach Cable Pulley Bracket TO AVOID INSTALLATION DIFFICULTIES, DO NOT RUN THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

  • Page 8: Install Trolley

    ASSEMBLY STEP 2 Trolley Install Trolley TEMPORARY STOP, INSERT SCREWDRIVER INTO HOLE IN FRONT END OF TEE RAIL. Attach threaded shaft to trolley with lock washer and nuts as shown. Temporary Stop Outer Nut Screwdriver 5/16" Lock Washer 5/16" Inner Nut 5/16"...
  • Page 9 ASSEMBLY STEP 4 AUTION: DO NOT REMOVE THE CHAIN/CABLE FROM THE DISPENSER CARTON Install Chain//cable & Attach Sprocket Cover Master Link Clip-On Spring Detach cable loop from carton and fasten to trolley Master with a master link from coin envelope. Link Cap Master Link MASTER LINK PROCEDURE: Push pins of master...

  • Page 10: Installation Instructions

    BEFORE BEGINNING INSTALLATION OF GARAGE DOOR OPENER, BE SURE TO COMPLY WITH ALL SAFETY RULES. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE OPENER BE INSTALLED 7 FEET OR MORE ABOVE FLOOR WHERE SPACE PERMITS. KEEP GARAGE DOOR BALANCED. STICKING OR BINDING DOORS MUST BE REPAIRED. THE GARAGE DOOR, DOOR SPRINGS, CABLES, PULLEYS, BRACKETS AND THEIR HARDWARE ARE UNDER EXTREME TENSION AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY.
  • Page 11 ONE-PIECE DOOR WITHOUT TRACK PLEASE READ AND COMPLY WITH THE WARNINGS ON PAGE 10. THEY APPLY TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE HEADER BRACKET REGARDLESS OF DOOR TYPE. EXAMPLE 1. Close door and mark inside vertical centerline of Distance from top of door garage door.
  • Page 12 TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO ALL INSTALLATION STEP 3 LIGHT-WEIGHT DOORS AND DOORS Position the Opener WITH WINDOWS, DO NOT REST THE OPENER ON THE DOOR. Follow instructions which apply to your door type as illustrated. INSTALLATION — SECTION DOOR & 1-PIECE DOOR WITH TRACK NOTE: A 2x4 is convenient for setting an idea PROCEDURE: Raise the opener onto a stepladder.

  • Page 13: Hang The Opener

    INSTALLATION STEP 4 Hang the Opener THE OPENER MUST BE SECURELY FASTENED TO A STRUCTURAL SUPPORT OF THE GARAGE. Three representative installations are shown. Yours may be different. Hanging brackets should be angled (Fig1) or crossed (Fig. 2) to provide rigid support. On finished ceilings (Fig. 3). attach a sturdy metal bracket (not supplied) to ceilings joists before installing opener.
  • Page 14 LOCATE WALL PUSH BUTTON (OR ANY ADDITIONAL PUSH BUTTONS) WHERE THE GARAGE DOOR IS VISIBLE, AWAY FROM DOOR AND DOOR HARDWARE AND OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY FROM A MOVING GARAGE DOOR MAY RESULT FROM MISUSE OF OPENER. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO OPERATE WALL PUSH BUTTON(S) OR REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER.
  • Page 15 INSTALLATION STEP 6 Install Light and Lens: Install a 75 watt maximum light bulb in socket. Light will turn ON and ramain lit for 4-1/2 minutes when power is connected. Then light will turn OFF. Light Lens If bulb burns out prematurely due to vibration, replace with "Garage Door Opener' bulb.
  • Page 16 TO AVOID SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY INSTALLATION STEP 8 FROM ENTANGLEMENT, REMOVE ALL Connect Electric Power ROPES CONNECTED TO THE GARAGE DOOR BEFORE OPERATING OPENER. TO AVOID DAMAGE TO GARAGE DOOR AND OPENER, MAKE DOOR LOCKS INOPERATIVE BEFORE CONNECTING ELECTRIC POWER. USE A WOOD SCREW OR NAIL TO HOLD THE LOCKS IN “OPEN”...
  • Page 17 TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO LIGHTWEIGHT INSTALLATION STEP 8 AND METAL GARAGE DOORS (OR ONES Fasten Door Bracket and Plate WITH GLASS PANELS), ALWAYS REIN- FORCE THE INSIDE OF DOOR —BOOTH Follow instructions which apply to your door VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY—WITH type as illustrated below.

  • Page 18: Connect Door Arm To Trolley

    INSTALLATION STEP 10 Connect Door Arm to Trolley Follow only those instructions which apply to your door type. SECTIONAL DOORS ONLY Make sure garage door is closed tight. Pull the emergency release handle to disconnect the trolley. Manually move outer trolley back to the center of inner trolley as shown in figures A, B and C. FIG.
  • Page 19 ALL ONE-PIECE DOORS ASSEMBLE DOOR ARM: Fasten straight and curved door arm sections together to their longest possible. With door closed, connect straight door arm Door Ring Bracket section to door bracket with a clevis pin. Secure with Nuts Lock Fastener 5/16"-18 a ring fastener.

  • Page 20: Travel Limit Adjustments

    ADJUSTMENT STEP 1 Adjust UP and DOWN Limits Limit Adjustment Screws LIMIT ADJUSTMENT settings regulate the points at which the door will stop when moving up or down. NOTE: Door STOPS in the UP direction if anything interferes with door travel. Door REVERSES in the DOWN direction if anything Left Side Panel interferes with the door travel (including binding...

  • Page 21: Force Adjustments

    ADJUSTMENT STEP 2 DO NOT USE FORCE ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATE FOR A BINDING OR Adjust Force STICKING GARAGE DOOR. EXCESSIVE FORCE WILL INTERFERE WITH PROPER OPERATION OF SAFETY REVERSE SYSTEM OR DAMAGE GARAGE DOOR. Force Adjustment Controls are located on rear panel of opener.

  • Page 22: Safety Reverse Test

    ADJUSTMENT STEP 3 THE SAFETY REVERSE SYSTEM TEST IS IMPORTANT. GARAGE DOOR MUST Test Safety Reverse System REVERSE ON CONTACT WITH ONE- INCH OBSTACLE PLACED ON THE FLOOR. FAILURE TO PROPERLY ADJUST OPENER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY FROM A CLOSING GARAGE DOOR.

  • Page 23: Setting/Changing Code

    ACTIVATE THE OPENER ONLY WHEN DOOR Radio Controls IS FULL VIEW, FREE OF OBSTRUCTION AND PROPERLY ADJUSTED. NO ONE D.O.C. rules prohibit adjustments to or modification SHOULD ENTER OR LEAVE GARAGE WHILE DOOR IS of receiver and transmitter circuitry except for IN MOTION.

  • Page 24: Having A Problem

    2. Change the location of the transmitter in the car. 3. A metal garage door, foil-backed insulation or metal siding will reduce the transmission range. An antenna extender kit is available from any Sears store or service center. 4. Check to be sure antenna on the rear panel of opener extends fully downward.
  • Page 25 1. If operational noise is a problem because of proximity of the opener to the living IN LIVING QUARTERS OF HOME quarters, Vibration Isolator Kit 41A3263 can be ordered from any Sears Service Center and most Sears Stores. This kit was designed to eliminate the "sounding board effect" and is easy to install.

  • Page 26: Carton Contents & Hardware Illustrated

    SEPARATE ALL HARDWARE FOR ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES AS SHOWN BELOW...

  • Page 27: Repair Parts, Installation

    Repair Parts Chassis Assembly Parts List (Down) LIMIT SWITCH ASSY. Brown Contact Wire Grey Wire Drive Gear Center Limit (Up) Yellow Contact Contact Wire Three Function Sprocket Cover Rail Grease Light Lens Transmitters PART PART DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 31C290 Sprocket cover 41D3058 Universal replacement motor and 41A2827...

  • Page 28: How To Order Repair Parts

    @ ? @ ? @ @ @ @ @ ? @ 1/3 HP Motor: After 1 year and through 3 years, if the motor on this Garage Door Opener is defective, Sears @ ? @ ? @ @ @ @ @ ? @...

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