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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 DEVICES COVERED IN THIS DOCUMENT: 4500S Surface Vertical Rod Device 4500S Less Bottom Rod (LBR) Device 4500SF Fire Exit Surface Vertical Rod Device 4500SF Fire Less Bottom Rod (LBR) Device...
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 EXIT DEVICE PARTS AND SUB-ASSEMBLIES TOP STRIKE TOP STRIKE (PANIC RATED) (FIRE RATED) MOUNTING BRACKET TOP LATCH ASSEMBLY END CAP TOP LATCH COVER END CAP ROD CONNECTOR BRACKET...
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• The auxiliary fire latch is only for use with the Hager 4500 Series LBR devices. The 4500 Series LBR device comes with a standard top latch strike (4923F), which must be utilized to maintain fire listing.
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 1. CUT EXIT DEVICE TO LENGTH 2. MARK DOOR AND DRILL MOUNTING HOLES The exit device comes in two models, one sized for a 36” Measure horizontal center line of exit device at 40” from finished door width and one sized for a 48”...
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 5. INSTALL BOTTOM LATCH MOUNTING BRACKET (FOR LBR DEVICE, GO TO STEP 8) Remove bottom latch cover and mounting bracket from bottom latch 2 7/16" assembly. Apply template to door using edge of door and either top of threshold or finished floor.
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 7. INSTALL BOTTOM LATCH AND ROD Install bottom latch assembly to bottom latch bracket using provided screw and bottom two slots in bracket (see Figure 1). MOUNTING BRACKET Screw threaded end of bottom rod halfway onto bottom latch assembly (See Figure 2).
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 8. INSTALL TOP MOUNTING BRACKET Remove top latch cover and mounting bracket from top latch assembly. 2 7/16" Fold and apply template to door using edge of door and face of top stop.
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 10. INSTALL TOP ROD Thread top rod half-way onto top latch threaded connector (see Figure 1). Use the provided machine screw to attach rod connector onto actuating block, but do not attach top rod and rod connector yet.
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A. Slide the head cover plug in the bottom slot on the exit device head cover. Since the LBR does not use a bottom rod, the hole plug will block off this hole from debris or tampering. B. See 4500 SVR/LBR Installation Instructions (I-ED00792) for further details on the 4500 Series LBR devices. HEAD COVER...
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Required Hardware for cylinder dogging: (1) Mortise cylinder, lengths: 1 1/8”, 1 1/4”, or 1 3/8”, (1) Standard cam, .723” (18 mm), screw center to tip of cam, (1) 11/32” (8.7 mm) stock solid collar, (1) Cash box nut, (1) Hager cylinder dogging kit, No.
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4500 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device Installation Instructions Grade 1 I-ED00792 15. INSTALL AUXILIARY FIRE LATCH (for LBR devices only) The Auxiliary Fire Latch must be installed to maintain fire listing. Refer to Auxiliary Fire Latch Installation Instructions (I-ED00863) for details.
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