300-C Series 1/16/17
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Kit 300-C Series Installation Instructions
for Wood Posts with Composite Sleeves
with an Outside Diameter Greater than 4-1/2"
300-C Series
Push-Lock
®
Extended
Length
Lag
1/8” or 3/16”
1x19 stainless
steel cable
Adjust-a-Body
®
with
Extended
Length
Hanger Bolt
B. Install Tensioning Terminal
1.
Install the the Adjust-A-Body
®
with Extended Length
Hanger Bolt by driving the hanger bolt / lag end into
the pre-drilled pilot hole in your end post using a
1/4” open-end wrench. (Figure 1)
2.
Screw the lock nut all the way onto the 2”-long threaded
end of the bolt. (Figure 2) Note: turn counter-clockwise
to tighten/tension/close.
A: Drill Posts
Hole sizes through intermediate posts
and/or cable braces are:
5/32” for 1/8” cable
7/32” for 3/16” cable
End posts:
Drill 7/32” hole 1-1/2" deep into the face of the end posts.
4.
Thread the body (with the cable attached)
onto the Hanger Bolt and turn 8 turns onto
the male threads. (Figure 4)
3.
Slide the body of the Adjust-a-Body
®
with Extended Length Hanger Bolt
Tensioner onto the bare end of the cable, threaded end first, and pull it the
length of the cable until it is stopped by the ferrule already swaged onto
the cable. (Figure 3)
C. Feed Cable through Intermediate Posts
1.
Feed the bare end of the
cable through all your
intermediate posts and to
the end post where you
will be installing the
Push-Lock
®
fitting.
1½” minimum
inside of post
7/32”
dia.
11½
½” minimum
” m
minimum
m
1½” minimum
Figure 1
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 2
Turn body onto bolt
Lock Nut
Bolt
Pre-swaged ferrule
Slide body onto cable
Pre-swaged ferrule
Pull cable back
Feed bare end of cable through all other posts.
INTERMEDIATE POST
CABLE BRACE
CABLE BRACE
Lock Nut
Bolt
