The rack must be securely
mounted to the side of the
gate. It must be parallel
with the gate rail, and
there must be a 2 - 3mm
gap between the teeth of
the pinion and the rack,
along the entire travel of
the gate
Mount the rack
Steel rack
1.
Fix rack using the steel angle
brackets provided.
2.
Brackets must be spaced no
more than 300mm apart.
3.
When joining different
lengths of steel rack, a
simple way of ensuring
correct pitch spacing, is to
clamp a small off-cut
between the two pieces.
RAZ rack
1.
Use at least three TEK screws per half metre section of rack.
Fit additional fixing screw through the horizontal slots to secure
the rack to the gate directly above the pinion when the gate is
in the closed, pedestrian and open positions
