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Care and Maintenance product. Operation Troubleshooting Fasten the manual Parts List near the garage door after installation. Complies with UL 325 regulations effective January 1, 1993 ® Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A.
Contents Page Contents Page A review of safety alert symbols.........2 Install the lights and lenses ........19 You'll need tools............3 Attach emergency release rope and handle ...19 Safety information regarding garage door Electrical requirements..........20 locks and ropes............3 Safety reversing sensor information ......21 Testing your garage door for sticking, Install the safety reversing sensor .....22, 23 binding and balance..........3...
You'll Need Tools During assembly, installation and adjustment of the opener, instructions will call for hand tools shown below. Pencil Carpenter's Level Hack Saw Tape Measure Wire Cutters Drill Claw Hammer 3/16", 5/16" and 5/32" Drill Bits Pliers 1/2" and 7/16" Sockets Stepladder Screwdriver Adjustable End Wrench...
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 is required. Horizontal and vertical reinforcement See page 17. is needed for lightweight garage doors Slack in Belt Tension (fiberglass, steel, aluminum, door with glass panels, etc.).
One-Piece Door without Track ONE-PIECE Door Installation Before you begin, survey your garage area to see whether any of the conditions below apply to your installation. Header Wall Closed Position Belt Pulley Bracket Trolley Belt Access Door Header Bracket T-rail The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
Opener Carton Inventory Your garage door opener is packaged in two cartons which contain all parts illustrated below. 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. LI G H Three-Function Remote Control with Visor Clip (2)
Separate all hardware from the packages in the rail carton and the opener carton, as shown below, for the assembly and installation procedures. Assembly Hardware Hex Screw Washered Screw Carriage Bolt Spring /Trolley Nut (1) Master Link (2) 5/16"-18x7/8" (3) 5/16"-18x1/2"...
Assembly Section: Pages 8 – 11 To avoid installation difficulties, do not run the garage door opener until instructed to do so. Make sure bolt necks are Assembly Step 1 seated in the square holes and rails are Assemble the T-rail & aligned before you Attach the Belt Pulley Bracket tighten lock nuts.
Assembly Step 2 Install the Trolley on the T-rail Trolley • As a temporary stop, insert a screwdriver into the hole in the front end of the T-rail. • Slide the trolley assembly along the rail to the screwdriver stop. If trolley hits against any nuts on the T-rail, the bolts and nuts were attached from the wrong side and must be repositioned.
Assembly Step 4 WARNING Install the Belt & Set the Belt Tension Serious injury can result if fingers become entangled in moving opener sprocket. Attach 1. Drop the notched side of the trolley clip into the belt cap retainer securely. Never operate retaining slot on top of the trolley (see Figure 1).
Assembly Step 5 Attach the Belt Cap Retainer To attach the belt cap retainer: Hex Screws #8x3/8" • Position the belt cap retainer over the opener Belt Cap Retainer sprocket so the two holes in cap align with the two holes in mounting plate.
Installation Section: Pages 12 – 27 Installation Step 1 WARNING 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 system may not which apply to your door.
ONE-PIECE Door Without Track Read the Safety instructions on page 12. They also apply to doors without tracks. Unfinished Header Wall Ceiling Vertical Centerline • Close the door and mark the Structural supports inside vertical centerline of your garage door. Extend the line onto the header wall above door.
You can attach the header bracket either to the Installation Step 2 wall above the garage door, or to the ceiling. Follow the instructions which will work best for Install the Header Bracket your particular requirements. Fasten the Header Bracket to the Wall •...
Installation Step 3 Attach the T-rail to the Header Bracket • Position the opener on the garage floor below the header bracket. Use packing material as a protective base. Header Wall If the door spring is in the way you'll need help. Header Bracket Have someone hold the opener securely on a...
Installation Step 4 CAUTION Position the Opener To prevent damage to steel, aluminum, Follow instructions which apply to your door fiberglass or glass panel doors, do not rest the type as illustrated. opener on the door without using a 2x4. SECTIONAL Door &...
Installation Step 5 WARNING Hang the Opener The opener could fall and injure someone if it is not properly secured. Fasten the opener securely to structural supports of the garage. Two representative installations are shown. Yours may be different. Hanging brackets should CAUTION be angled, Figure 1, to provide rigid support.
Installation Step 6 WARNING Install the Premium Control Console Do not connect to live electrical wiring. Connect only to 24 Volt low voltage wires. Locate the door control within sight of the door Connection to live wires or higher voltage may at a minimum height of 5 feet where small cause serious injury from shock, burn or children cannot reach, and away from all moving...
6. Attach the User Safety Instruction label to the wall Do NOT connect the power and operate the near the door control, and the Maintenance opener at 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.
Installation Step 9 WARNING 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 shock, your garage Do NOT use an extension cord, 2-wire adapter, door opener has a grounding type plug with a third or change the plug in any way to make it fit grounding pin.
The Safety Reversing System Information you'll need before you begin the installation of the safety reversing sensor. The safety reversing sensor must be connected WARNING and aligned correctly before the garage door opener will move in the down direction. This is a required safety device and cannot be disabled.
Installation Step 10 Install the Safety Reversing Sensor Figure 2 Figures 2 and 3 show assembly of brackets and Mounting Bracket "C" wrap based on the recommended installation of With Square Holes the sensors as shown on page 21. "C" Wrap However, Figures 4 and 5 are variations which may fit your installation requirements better.
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• Center each sensor unit in a "C" wrap with lenses pointing toward each other across the door (see Figure 6 Figure 6). • Secure sensors with the hardware shown. Finger Wing "C" Wrap tighten the wing nut on the receiving eye to allow for final adjustment.
Installation Step 11 Door Bracket-Sectional CAUTION Fasten Door Bracket 6/96 To prevent damage to steel, aluminum, Follow instructions which apply to your door fiberglass or glass panel doors, always type as illustrated below or on page 25. reinforce the inside of the door both vertically and horizontally with an angle iron.
All ONE-PIECE Door Installation Procedure Please read and comply with the warnings and reinforcement instructions on page 24. They apply to one-piece doors also. Header Wall — Finished Ceiling — 2x4 Support Header Horizontal and vertical Bracket Door Optional reinforcement is needed for Bracket Placement lightweight garage doors...
Installation Step 12 Connect Door Arm to Trolley Follow instructions which apply to your door type as illustrated below and on page 27. SECTIONAL Doors Only Make sure garage door is fully closed. Pull the emergency release handle to disconnect the outer trolley from the inner trolley.
All ONE-PIECE Doors Door Assemble the Door Arm: Bracket Ring Fastener Nuts • Fasten the straight and curved door arm sections Lock 5/16"-18 together to the longest possible length, with a 2 or Washers 3 hole overlap. 5/16" Clevis Pin Straight •...
Run the opener through a complete travel cycle. Left Side Panel • Does the door open and close completely? • Does the door stay closed and not reverse RESIDENTIAL DOOR OPENER Sears, Roebuck & Co. - USA 196L ® LISTED VOLTS AMP.
Adjustment Step 2 WARNING 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 right system. The door might not reverse properly side panel of the opener. Force adjustment settings when required and could seriously injure or regulate the amount of power required to open and kill someone under it.
Adjustment Step 3 WARNING Test The Safety Reversing Sensor Without a properly working safety reversing sensor, persons (particularly children) could be • Press the remote control push button to open the seriously injured or killed if trapped by a closing door.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING WARNING 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.
Operation of Your Opener Activate the opener with any of the following: WARNING • The Remote Control: Hold push button down until the door starts to move. • The Door Control: Hold push button down until Weak or broken springs could allow an open door to fall (either rapidly or unexpectedly), the door starts to move.
Receiver and Remote Control Programming To comply with FCC rules, adjustment or modifications of this receiver and/or transmitter are prohibited, except for changing the code setting or WARNING replacing the battery. THERE ARE NO OTHER USER SERVICEABLE PARTS. Children operating or playing with a garage Models with 3-function remote controls: The door opener can injure themselves or others.
Having a Problem? Situation Probable Cause and Solution 1. Does the opener have electric power? Plug a lamp into the outlet. If it doesn't light, The opener doesn't check the fuse box or the circuit breaker. (Some outlets are controlled by a door switch.) operate from either the Door Control or 2.
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Having a Problem? (continued) Situation Probable Cause & Solution The door opens but 1. If the opener lights blink, check the safety reversing sensor. See page 23. won't close: 2. If the opener lights do not blink and it is a new installation, check the down force. See Adjustment Step 2, page 29.
Repair Parts Rail Assembly Parts PART DESCRIPTION 1A995 Master link kit 41B3869 Complete trolley assembly 1B3117 T-rail – center section 183B110 T-rail – end section 41A3588-1 Belt pulley bracket 41A3589-12 Full belt assembly 83A4 Rail grease 41B4103 Tension assembly (Spring/Trolley Nut) 109B33 Trolley Clip NOT SHOWN...
Accessories Sears offers many useful accessories for your garage door opener. They are illustrated below with Sears model numbers and descriptions. 139.53702 139.53879 3-Function Remote Control: Emergency Key Release: Includes visor clip. Required for a garage with NO access door. Enables homeowner to open garage door manually from outside by disengaging trolley.
Index Access Door/Outside Key Release Accessory ....................4, 5 Belt 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..............................12 One-piece door ..............................13 Disabling existing locks............................3, 11 Door clearance brackets (for garages with low headroom) ................12, 38 Force controls Adjustment procedures..........................4, 29...
SEARS WARRANTY FULL 90-DAY WARRANTY ON GARAGE DOOR OPENER When requesting For 90 days from the date of purchase, Sears will repair this Garage Door Opener, service or ordering free of charge, if defective in material or workmanship. LIMITED WARRANTY...