Fig. 28
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Versa Lift
Installation - Assembly
(All Models)
7. DOOR AND PLATFORM ASSEMBLY
7-1.
Locate the (8) 10-32 x 3/8” screws. Lift the platform
assembly onto the door assembly (Fig. 28).
Note: The spring brackets on the end of the platform
legs fit outside of the door braces (Fig. 28 inset).
7-2.
Install and tighten the screws through the spring
brackets and into the door braces.
7-3.
Locate the short and long chains. The last link on
each end of each chain is open to form a hook. Hook the
end of each chain onto the chain brackets on each
platform leg (Fig. 28 and inset). You can open the hook
further with pliers, if needed, to make it easier to hook.
7-4.
Close the hooks on both ends of the short chains so
the chain is secured to the chain brackets. Close one
hook on each long chain, leaving the other ends open for
loading the platform.
Read the Owners Manual for complete information
about using the chains and safety guidelines about
loading the platform.
DOOR BRACE
FITS OUTSIDE OF
SPRING
BRACKET
DOOR
ASSEMBLY
10-32 x 3/8"
PHILLIPS (8)
LONG CHAIN (2)
SHORT CHAIN (2)
PLATFORM
ASSEMBLY
HOOK CHAINS
ON BRACKETS
8. CONNECT THE LIFT HEAD TO THE PLATFORM
8-1.
Release the cables and let them hang down through
the lift opening.
8-2.
Position the lifting platform assembly on the floor
directly below the lift opening (Fig. 29). (You can hang a
plumb line from the corners of the lift opening to mark the
garage floor below where the corners of the platform
assembly should sit.)
8-3.
Pass the ends of the cables through the slots in the
platform leg brackets as shown in Fig. 30.
8-4.
Pull the cable tight and wind it tightly around the
threaded studs exactly as shown in the illustration. Wrap
it as tightly as possible. Pinch the last loop around the
last stud, then pass the end of the cable through the
center hole in the bottom of the leg bracket (Fig. 30).
8-5a.
Draw the cable tight by pulling firmly on the end of
the cable (Fig. 30).
IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE A POWER TOOL TO
INSTALL THE CABLE CLAMP NUTS. USE ONLY A
WRENCH OR A SOCKET AND RATCHET!
8-5b.
While holding tension on the cable, install the cable
clamp first, then install a ½ x 3/8 aluminum spacer and
locknut on the last stud and snug it down to hold the
cable, but don’t tighten it yet (Fig. 30). Then install the
rest of the aluminum spacers and locknuts and snug
them down (
you can tell when the locknut is getting snug
when it begins to turn a little harder and the aluminum
spacer can’t be turned with your fingers.
) Repeat this
procedure for the second cable and apply the same
tension (or slight slack) as with the first cable.
8-6.
Torque all 10 locknuts to 5 foot pounds (60 inch
pounds).
If you do not have a torque wrench, then
snug all 10 locknuts as explained above, then turn
each nut one-half turn (180 degrees) beyond snug
(see Fig. 31). Do not over-tighten or you may break
the studs off!
8-7.
You don’t need to cut the excess cable, you can
thread it through the two holes in the bottom of the leg
bracket (Fig. 32) or you can wind it into a coil and zip tie
it inside the bracket. If you do cut off the excess cable,
you must leave at least a foot so that you can re-adjust
the cable if it becomes necessary.
NOTE: It is important that the excess cable is secured
where it can’t get caught in the lift opening when the
platform goes up or down.
