BEST ACCESS SYSTEMS B.A.S.I.S. V, Service Manual

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Installation Instructions for B.A.S.I.S. EX Series Exit Hardware Trim
BEST ACCESS SYSTEMS
Indianapolis, Indiana
Installing the exit hardware and trim
8
10
Install cylinder (EV function only)
For Precision hardware rim and rod exit device
installations
1 To determine the correct spindle length, try the cylinder
in the door while holding the B.A.S.I.S. escutcheon and
lock stile case in place.
Then break off the spindle at the groove where it will
engage correctly with the latching mechanism.
Break off the mounting screws at the groove where they
will secure the clamp plate to the cylinder.
2 Insert the cylinder through the cylinder opening in the
B.A.S.I.S. escutcheon and into the door as shown in
Figure 7.
3 Orient the cylinder and clamp plate as shown in
Figure 8. From the inside of the door, secure the cylinder
using the clamp plate and mounting screws.
For all mortise exit device installations
1 For doors less than 2
″
in thickness , place the cylinder
ring provided on the cylinder.
2 Rotate the cylinder cam to the 12 o’clock position, as
shown in Figure 9.
3 Using a cylinder wrench (ED211), insert the cylinder
through the cylinder opening in the B.A.S.I.S.
escutcheon and screw the cylinder into the mortise
case. Make sure that the figure-8 hole is in the 12 o’clock
position.
Caution: Do not screw the cylinder in too tightly.
Doing so may cause you or someone else to be
locked out.
Rim
cylinder
Figure 7 Installing the cylinder
B.A.S.I.S.
escutcheon
Outside of door
Figure 8 Rim cylinder components
Rim
cylinder
Screws
Spindle
Clamp plate
Orient the curve
toward the cylinder.
Figure 9 Mortise cylinder components
Mortise cylinder
Cam in 12 o’clock
position
View of the back
of the cylinder