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Installation Instructions
Series 4300 Installation Guide for 1/8” Cable
Invisiware® Receiver with Push-Lock® Threaded Eye Fitting
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Materials/tools required__________________
* Cable Gripping Pliers — (50TCG1)
Used to grip the cable while tensioning
the end fittings without damaging the cable.
[ OPTION: Use a piece of rubber hose with vice grips
around the cable to prevent scarring.]
* Cable Cutter 1/8” — (82T07)
* 3/16” Hex Allen Key
* 5/32" Hex Allen Key
* Drill
* Drill Bits:
- 29/64”
- 5/32” (if there are intermediate posts between
terminating end posts or where the length
of the receiver you are using is less than the
thickness of the end post)
- 15/16” (if you wish to counterbore the wood
end post to recess the 11HW14 washer)
- 15/64" for hanger bolt pilot hole (1/4” if
installing in extemely hard wood)
- ‘I’ & 5/16”-24 Tap for Threaded Tab.
Drill and tap into .250” wall (min.) steel tube.
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Drill Posts_______________________________________________________________________
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Terminating (end) post for Invisiware® Receivers —
Drill a 29/64” hole from the back
side of the end posts
where each cable will be
installed. For a 1-1/2” or less
square end post
using a 1-1/2” long receiver, a 2” end
post using
a 2” long receiver, or a standard 4x4 using a
3-1/2” long receiver, drill the hole completely
through the
post. For posts thicker than the
length of the receiver, drill
a 5/32” pilot hole
completely through the post, then drill a 29/64”
hole only through the back surface of the end
post
(in the case of a wood post, to a depth a
little greater than
the length of the receiver) but
not completely through
the post. |
Intermediate post or other element through
which the cable will pass between the end
posts —
Drill 5/32” diameter holes lined up with
the holes in the end post through which the cable
will pass between end posts.
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Install Invisiware® Receivers________________________________________________
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Note: If you are installing the receivers into
a stairway rail, see separate instructions below.
- Slide the washer (black plastic for metal
posts, 11HW14 stainess steel for wood
posts) over the body of the receiver,
then feed the receiver through the hole
in the back of the post.
- By hand, screw the receiver body onto
the swaged stud at least 6 full turns.
Do not tension the cables at this point.
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String the cable through the holes drilled in
your intermediate posts (or other elements
through which the cable passes between
end posts). |
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| Install Push-Lock® Threaded Eye fittings________________________________________ |
- Attach the Push-Lock® Threaded Eye to one
terminating end post with a 20HTT4 Threaded Tab or 20HLE4 Lag Eye (ordered separately) or other means with the 11HBS8 screw provided. Tighten the screw with a 5/32” hex wrench. (Use the ‘I’ Drill and 5/16”-24 Tap to thread the metal post for the Threaded Tab (20HTT4) or the 15/64” drill for wood posts to insert the Lag Eye (20HLE4).
- Pull the cable tight and mark the cable at
a point 1-1/8” from the end of the fitting
opposite the eye (see illustration). Cut the
cable at the mark, using the cable cutter (82T07).
- Push the cable into the fitting as far as it will
go (approximately 1-1/16”). Twist the cable
in the right-hand direction (with the lay of the
cable) as you push it into the fitting. You will
feel it slide through the jaws inside the body
of the fitting.
- Pull the cable to set the gripping action of the
Push-Lock® fitting.
- Tension the cables:
After all the cables have been installed in
both end posts, tension the cables with the
receivers on the other end to approximately
150 lbs. per cable by holding the cable with
the Cable Gripping Pliers (50TCG1) closely
behind the stud. Turn the receiver clockwise
with a 3/16” hex key as illustrated at right.
Note: Tension in sequence shown in the illustration at right, beginning with outside the cables and moving from side to side toward the center.
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Using Invisiware® Receivers on stairways without
having to drill the holes at an angle __________________________________________ |
To use this technique, the overall width of the
end post must be close in dimension to the
length of the receiver you will be using.
- Grip the cable with the Cable Gripping Pliers (50TCG1) approximately 1/8” from the swaging stud. Screw the receiver onto the threaded stud for leverage and bend the cable by hand to the approximate angle of the cable run. This bend does not have to be precise.
- Remove the threaded stud. Slide the washer
(black plastic for metal posts, 11HW14
stainess steel for wood posts) over the body ofthe receiver, then install the receiver into the end post. Turn the receiver onto the threaded stud until the end of the threaded stud is flush with the end of the post.
- Proceed with the instructions for stringing
the cable and installing the Push-Lock® with
threaded eye fitting.
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