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Compass
Installation Manual
COMPASS INSTALLATION MANUAL
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Install Cabinet Door Hinge Brackets
Cabinet hinge brackets provide support for cabinet
door hinges.
Requirements:
•
Installed legs, stretchers, organizer uprights, panels
and overhead storage compartments
Components:
•
Hinge bracket assembly
Hardware - COMPKIT8 & COMPKIT9
•
#10-24 x
3
⁄
8
self tapping screws
Tools required (not included)
•
Powered driver
•
#2 Phillips bit
Complete this procedure to install cabinet hinge
brackets in overhead compartment shells.
1. Align the screw holes in the flange of the side
hinge bracket with the screw holes in the side
panel. Make sure the hinge plates face inside and
toward the front.
2. Insert the hinge bracket into the side panel by
sliding the top tab into the top flange of the side
panel. Slide the bottom of the hinge bracket firmly
into the side panel.
NOTICE
Note:
The front edge of the stiffener must be
tightly aligned with the flange on the side
shell panel.
3. Insert two #10 self tapping screws through the
top edge of the side panel into the hinge bracket.
4. From underneath, insert two #10 self tapping
screws horizontally through the bottom of the
side panel into the hinge bracket. Tighten all hinge
bracket screws.
Repeat steps
1
through
4
to install both left and
right side hinge brackets.
If the compartment is 42 to 54 inches wide, an
additional partition is included to accommodate
three cabinet doors. The extra partition must be
installed during the Install Overhead Compartment
Shells section