SportsPlay Zack 911-131, Manual

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Pipe Clamp Plan:
The pipe clamps connect to the main upright posts according to
the height of the events found on the Top Down View.
INSTRUCTIONS:
There are two ways to install the clamps:
1. Pre-install the clamp to the post first, then slide the 1
3/8” O.D. pipe into the clamp.
2. Install the clamp over the 1 3/8” pipe first, and then
install the clamp to the post.
You will do both of these applications, depending on the
circumstances.
1. Clamp is installed to post first, then 1 3/8” O.D. pipe
moves into clamp.
2. Install clamp to pipe first, then to post. Fit clamp onto
the pipe, and install the clamp “sideways” over the post.
You may have to assert some pressure. MAKE SURE
PIPES ARE ALL THE WAY INTO CLAMPS
BEFORE INSTALLING ONTO POSTS. (2 1/4” end of
pipe goes inside clamp) Use rubber hammer for clamps.
You can use a marker to mark the location of clamps when pre-
installing posts. If a pipe clamp is close to another clamp or a
deck etc. it may be necessary to pre-tighten the set screw to
clamp, then move clamp into position. For convenience of
installing button head bolts, it is necessary that the bolt heads
face outward.
If the clamp is crooked to the pipe, and the pipe WILL NOT be
able to enter the clamp. Sometimes, you can coax the clamp
onto the pipe with a rubber hammer. If that will not work, take
clamp off and install it “sideways”, placing it on the pipe first
and then onto the post. Pipes enter into clamps 2 1/4” deep.
Components like walls, vertical climbers, ladder ends, etc. are
all 48” long, and the pipe ends have to go straight into the
clamps or the connection will not work. If you force a clamp it
can break!
All of our components such as walls, climbers, horizontal
ladders, arch walls etc. are 48” wide, and clamp to the middle
of the posts. That means that these components are centered
onto the posts at 48” on center.
There is up to 4” of extra room in the pipe clamp cavities, 2” to
the left and 2” to the right. This means that it is possible to be
either too far left or right of center. Keep in mind that all
COMPONENTS HAVE TO BE CENTERED, that the left and
right are inserted equally into clamps!
When the playground has been built and there are no more
adjustments, drill through all of the clamps (through pre-drilled
1/4” drill holes in clamps) and the 5” O.D. posts. Use a sharp
1/4” metal drill bit to drill a straight hole. Do not egg out the
holes. Then tap a 3/4” roll pin through clamp into post so that
the pin is flush with the clamp. Do not allow pins to protrude.
If a pin has been installed but a clamp or component has to be
moved, the pin can be knocked through into post.
Extra roll pins can be installed through certain high traffic
clamp applications such as firepoles, roof clamps, handholds,