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10.2.5.
Place the gate on the platform and use the upper mounting holes in the gate sill as a
temp
late to drill 5/16” or 11/32” holes through the platform side rail (
FIG. 10.2).
10.2.6.
Install the two 5/16”
-18 x 4-
1/2” long hex bolts through the sill and the platform side rail
,
then secure with lock nuts and washers (FIG. 10.2).
10.2.7.
Inst
all four 1/4” self
-drilling screws through sill and into platform walking surface (FIG. 10.2).
10.2.8.
Remove post cap (FIG. 10.3) from gate post where the connector will be installed.
10.2.9.
Attach one of the handrail tubes to a connector plate using two
#10 x 1” long self
-tapping
hex washer head screws.
10.2.10.
Hold the connector plate with handrail tube against the outside of the gate post where it
will be attached and mark handrail tube at the location flush with platform handrail post.
10.2.11.
Cut both handrail tubes to the length determined in the previous step.
10.2.12.
If they were disassembled for cutting, reassemble the connector plate to the handrail
tube and assemble the clamp plate to the connector plate using two 5/16”
-
18 x 3/4” long
button head socket clamp screws through the larger holes in the connector plate and
into the tapped holes in the clamp plate.
10.2.12.1.
Do not tighten fully at this time.
10.2.13.
Orient the connector plate as shown (FIG.10.3) with the clamp plate below the handrail
tube and toward the platform side of the gate post.
10.2.14.
Slide the assembly into the back channel in the gate post closest to the platform post
where it will connect with the clamp plate inside the channel and the connector plate on
the outside of the post. Slide down until the screw splines in the handrail tube align with
the lower handrail holes in the platform post.
If the screw splines do not align vertically when appearing to align horizontally, the
connector plate is most likely assembled in the wrong orientation. Disassemble the
connector plate and clamp plate and flip the connector plate, keeping the holes for the
clamp plate below the handrail tube, and then reassemble.
FIG. 10.2
