Preparing Your Garage Door; Tools Needed - Chamberlain 1356M Owner's Manual

Preparing your garage door

Before you begin:
• Disable locks.
• Remove any ropes connected to garage door.
• Complete the following test to make sure your garage
door is balanced and is not sticking or binding:
1. Lift the door about halfway as shown. Release the
door. If balanced, it should stay in place, supported
entirely by its springs.
2. Raise and lower the door to see if there is any
binding or sticking.
If your door binds, sticks, or is out of balance, call a
trained door systems technician.
Sectional Door
Stepladder
One-Piece Door
Carpenter's
Level (Optional)
Drill
1/2" and 7/16" Sockets
and Wrench
To prevent possible SERIOUS INJURY or DEATH:
• ALWAYS call a trained door systems technician if
garage door binds, sticks or is out of balance. An
unbalanced garage door may NOT reverse when
required.
• NEVER try to loosen, move or adjust garage door,
door springs, cables, pulleys, brackets or their
hardware, ALL of which are under EXTREME tension.
• Disable ALL locks and remove ALL ropes connected
to garage door BEFORE installing and operating
garage door opener to avoid entanglement.
To prevent damage to garage door and opener:
• ALWAYS disable locks BEFORE installing and
operating the opener.
• ONLY operate garage door opener at 120V, 60 Hz to
avoid malfunction and damage.

Tools needed

During assembly, installation and adjustment of the
opener, instructions will call for hand tools as illustrated
below.
Pencil
Tape Measure
Wire Cutters
3/16", 5/16" and
5/32" Drill Bits
Screwdriver
3
Hack Saw
Claw Hammer
Pliers
Adjustable End Wrench