Ultratec 300-C Series Installation Instructions

Kit 300-C Series Installation Instructions
for Wood Posts with Composite Sleeves
with an Outside Diameter Greater than 4-1/2"

A: Drill Posts

Hole sizes through intermediate posts
and/or cable braces are:
5/32" for 1/8" cable
7/32" for 3/16" cable
End posts:
Drill 7/32" hole 1-1/2" deep into the face of the end posts.

B. Install Tensioning Terminal

1. Install the the Adjust-A-Body
Hanger Bolt by driving the hanger bolt / lag end into
the pre-drilled pilot hole in your end post using a
1/4" open-end wrench. (Figure 1)
2. Screw the lock nut all the way onto the 2"-long threaded
end of the bolt. (Figure 2) Note: turn counter-clockwise
to tighten/tension/close.
3.
Slide the body of the Adjust-a-Body
Tensioner onto the bare end of the cable, threaded end first, and pull it the
length of the cable until it is stopped by the ferrule already swaged onto
the cable. (Figure 3)
4.
Thread the body (with the cable attached)
onto the Hanger Bolt and turn 8 turns onto
the male threads. (Figure 4)

C. Feed Cable through Intermediate Posts

1.
Feed the bare end of the
cable through all your
intermediate posts and to
the end post where you
will be installing the
Push-Lock fitting.
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7/32"
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dia.
inside of post
with Extended Length
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Adjust-a-Body
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Extended
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Hanger Bolt
CABLE BRACE INTERMEDIATE POST
Feed bare end of cable through all other posts.
1/8" or 3/16"
1x19 stainless
steel cable
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Push-Lock
Extended
Length
300-C Series
Slide body onto cable
Pre-swaged ferrule
Turn body onto bolt
Lock Nut
Bolt
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Lag
Figure 1
Figure 2
Bolt
Lock Nut
Figure 3
Pre-swaged ferrule
Pull cable back
Figure 4
300-C Series 1/16/17