Wall mount install manual body 04-25-07.doc
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The last word:
NOBODY LIKES GOING BACK!
Treadwalls get installed in the darndest places, sometimes hundreds of miles from where
installers call home. Making that long trip across the panhandle and down through the wastelands
to fix some stupid little problem is a project to avoid, even if you have a keen appreciation for
deja-vue.
Its the little things that count - at least that's what we have found. Those little tiresome details
have a tendency to sneak around to your backside and take a big bite. Here are some things that
have shown up on the whack-your-head-and-say-duh screen:
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Masterlink or Monsterlink?
Every masterlink has three parts. What if you leave off the plate with two holes? What if the
spring clip isn’t put on right? It can get pretty ugly!
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Sprocketa-sprocketa!
Didn’t tighten the setscrews on the pump sprocket? Forgot to bolt the big security fender-washer
onto the end of the shaft? Better hope that nobody over 30 lb. wants to climb the Treadwall.
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What the hell is a Climbometer?
Time? Distance? Heart rate? Whatever. It ain’t gonna work if the sensor and magnets aren’t
adjusted right. And treat that reed-switch sensor with respect! And make sure the wires are out of
harm’s way.
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Bolts and nuts are falling down
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falling down
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falling down
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and for some reason the
shroud only has one bolt on the right side!
Yes – it’s actually happened. Loss of concentration is my guess – or maybe glue sniffing.
Check
everything before putting on panels.
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Mommy! Mommy! What’s that thing sticking out of the Treadwall?
Well technically, it’s a piece of 5/16 hot rolled round, threaded at one end. But now it’s a chunk of
twisted scrap metal that’s gonna be nasty to replace – and all because someone forgot to lock
down that internal turnbuckle. With a cable tie or wire twisted through the eye and the body of the
turnbuckle it can’t happen.
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Chain-chain-chain
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chains that fool
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Chains too tight? Works great for Ralph but Alice can’t budge it. Too loose? Could be worse.
Take out all the slack, but don’t over-tighten. Check them one last time before leaving, and
make
sure someone knows how to adjust them!!!
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Sometime she stop, sometime she don’t! Photocells aligned give stellar performance.
Photocells askew are left in the dark. Take the time to do the test on page 15 and make
sure they are right.