Craftsman 139.53675SRT User Manual

Owner’s

Manual

Model No. 139.53662SRT 139.5367SSRT

For Residential Use

Only

CRAFTSMAN^

GARAGE DOOR OPENER 1/2 HP

Caution:

Read and follow all safety rules and operating instructions before first use of this product.

Fasten the manual near the garage door after installation.

@ Safety Precautions

и Assembly

Ш Installation

a Adjustment

a Care and Maintenance

m Operation

m Troubleshoc^tji^^'i;

H Parts List

Complies wilii UL 325 /^1 li \ refiiiations effective I ) Januaiy 1, t993

Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A.

Contents		Page
A review of safety alert symbols................
Youll need tools...... .....................................
Safety information reqardinq qaraqa door
locks and ropes...........................
Testing your garage door for sticking,
binding and balance..... .		..... 3
Illustration of sectional door instailadQn ....		___ 4
Illustration of one-piece door installation...		......5
Carton inventory.............................		.6
Hardware inventory......................		......7
Assembly section - pages 8 -11
Assemble T-raiL........ ....................
Attach cable pulley bracket............
Install trolley
Fasten T-rai! to opener...................		......9
install chain/cabie		...10
Attach sprocket cover.,,.,...... .........		™10
Tighten the chain and cable		,..11
Installation section * pages 11-27
Installation safety instructions..__....		,...11
Determine header bracket location
Sectional door ...........	,	....12
One-piece door,.,........... .		.13
Install the header bracket......		..... 14
Attach the T-ral to header bracket		......15
Position the opener.............. ..........		......16
Hang the opener............................		......17
Install the door control...................		......18

Corrients			Page
Install the lights and lenses...,...............			___ ig
Attach emergency release rope and handle „			„..,...19
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t«№lvtrwUi	« Bv.|wl E	iB I ItiO • >11^ nn - . Kirn*, ,no»FT,r'.Vr<t ■'|‘I		20
Safety reversing sensor information			.......
			..... ,.21
Install the safety reversing sensor................. .			,.22,23
i—iscrtcsn í*ír*i/^í*		i - cil tiJwVJi I		24
i cUaLcíi i UwvJi Ul			........
Fasten door bracket (one-piece door)			.......	25
Connect door arm to trolley (sectional door)			........	26
Connect door arm to trolley (one-piece door). „„....				27
Adjustment section - pages ^ - 30
Travel limit adjustments		...............................	........	28
Force adjustments............................................			.......	29
Test the safety reversing ............serrsor			........	30
Test the safety reverse system			.......	.^10
Operation safety instructions............. ...............			........31
Care of your opener ............................................			____31
Maintenance schedule........................................			........	31
Operation of your opener .............................			.„.„..32
Receiver and remote control ......programming			____33
Having a problem?.................... ..........................			..34,35
Repair parts, rail assembly			........	36
Repair parts, installation...		, ___ _____ ________		36
Repair parts, opener assembly			........	37
Accessories				38
Index............................			.„....	,39
How to order repair parte				40
Maintenance agreement......... .............. .............			........	40
Warranty...........................			........40

Start by Reviewing these Important Safety Alert Symbols

When you see these Safety Symbols on the following pages, they will alert you to the possibility of serious Injury or death if you do not compiy with the corresponding instructions. The hazard may come from something mechanical or from electric shock. Head the instructions carefully.

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Electrical

When you see^this sSf^^Symb^l-On the following pages, it will alert you to the possibility of damage ■dxLygur garage'3o”0T anti/oli the garage tioor opener if you do not comply with the corresponding instriiction'SrHead.ifte^msfruc|/OTdcarefui/^^

This garage door opener is designed and tested to offer safe service provided it is installed, operated, maintained and tested in strict accordance with the safety instructions contained in this manual.

You'll Need Tools

During assembiy, instaliation and adjustment of the opener, instructions wili cail for hand ioois shnwrs below.

An unbalanced garage door might not reverse when required and someone under the door could be seriously injured or killed.

If your garage door binds, sticks or is out of balance, caii for professionai garage door service. Garage doors, door springs, cables, pulleys, brackets and their hardware are under extreme tension and can cause serious injury or death. Do not try to ioosen, move or adjust them yourself!

Bopes left on a garage door could cause someone to become entangled and killed.

Remove ail ropes connected to the door before installing and operating the opener.

Identify the type and height of your door and any special conditions that exist and any additional materials that may be required by referring to the lists on page 4 or page 6.

To avoid damage to the garage door and opener, disable locks before Installing and operating the opener. Use a wood screwr or nail to hold locks in the "open" (unlocked) position.

Operation at other than 120V 60 Hz will cause opener malfunction and damage.

Before you begin, complete the following test to make sure your door is balanced, and is not sticking or binding:

• Lift the door about halfway as shown. Release the door, it should stay in place, supported entirely by its springs.

• Raise and lower the door to see if there is any binding or sticking. •

Before you begin, see whether any of to your installation.

survey your garaoe area to the conditions fallow apply

^ Hofizofita] and vafiicsii reintotcameni is needed for fighiweigW garage doors ¡fibergiass, stesi, aluminum, door wtBi glass panels, etc.).

See page 24 for details.

Based on your particular requirements, there are sever^ installation steps which might call for materiaJs and/or hardware not included in the carton

*Step 1, page 12 - Look at the wail or ceiling above the garage door. The header bracket must be securely fastened to structural supports.

■Step 5, page 17 ~ Do you have a finished ceiling in your garage? It so, a support bracket and

additionai fastening hardware may be required.

‘Safety reversing sensor, page 21 - Depending upon garage construction, wood blocks may need to be fastened to mounting locations before sensors are Installed.

'Step 10, page 22 - Alternate floor mounting of the safety reversing sensor will require hardware not provided.

■ Step 11, page 24 - Do you have a steel, aiuminum, fiberglass or glass pane! door? If so, horizontal

and vertical reinforcement is required.

*Look at the garage door where it meets the floor. It must close on the floor ail the way across. Otherwise, the safety reverse system may not

work properly. See page 30. Roor or door should be repaired.

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Door

*TTie opener can be fnstalied within 2 feet to the left or right of the door center if there is a torsion spring or center bearing plate In the way of the header bracket or door bracket area. If your door has extension springs, the opener must be installed

in the center of the door. See pages 12 and 24.

> Do you have an access door in addition to the garage door? if not. Mode! 53702 Emerqencv Key Release is required. See page 38.

■ if your door is more than 7 feet high, see the raíl extension kits listed on page 38,

You may find it helpful to refer back to this page as you proceed with the installation of your opener.

i :,,CiQN E'PiH©Es00Qiilia§ta|№iil

Be'fore you begin, survey your garage area to see whether any of the conditions below apply to your installation.

Reverang

'Esp between Hoor and boBom Sensor Safely of door must not eiOeed 1 /4*.,

Reversing Sensor

Based on your particuiar requirements, there are several installation steps which might caJl for materials and/or hardware not included in the carton.,

•Step 1, page 13 - Look at the wall or ceiling above the garage door. The header bracket hicsf be securely fastened to struciuial supports,

•Step 5, page 17 - Do you have a finished ceiling in your garage? If so, a support bracket arrd additional fastening hardware (not supplied) may be required.

•Safety reversing sensor, page 21 - Depending on garage constmction, wood blocks may need to be securely fastened to mounting locations before sensors are installed.

•Step 10, page 22 - Alternate floor mounting of the safety reversing sensor will require hardware that is not provided.

•Step 11, page 25 - Generally, a one-piece door does not require reinforcement. If your door is lightweight, you can refer to the information relating to sectional doors on page 24.

•Step 11, page 25 - Depending on your door's constmctlon, you might need additional mounting hardware for the door bracket.

•Do you have an access door in addition to the garage door? If not, Model 53702 Emergency Key Release is required. See page 38.

•The gap between the bottom of the garage door and the floor cannot exceed 1/4". Otherwise, the safety reverse system may not

work properly. See page 30. The floor or the door should be repaired.

One-Piece Door without Track

Closed Position

Gabte	Cable	Gbain
Headar — w PuHey Brackai

Was

You may find it helpful to refer back to this page as you proceed with the installation of your opener.

Carton Inventory

Your garage door opener is packaged in two cartons which contain aii parts illustiated below. If anything is missing, carefully check the packing material. Parts may be ‘stuck* in the foam. Hardware for assembly and installation is shown on page 7,

Separate all hardware from the packages in the rail carton and the opener carton, as shown below, for the assembly and installation procedures.

Assembly Section: Pages 8-11

To avoid installation difficulties, do not run the garage door opener until Instructed to do so.

Assembly Step 1

Assemble the T-rail &

Attach the Cable Pulley Bracket

*Place the 3 T-rail sections on a flat surface for assembly. The end sections are idenficai. Make sure the "arrow label" on the center section is pointing toward the door.

•Insert the carriage bolts so the square boit necks seat in the square holes in the T-rafI end sections and pass through the round holes in T-rafi center section. Assemble lock nuts, ensure alignment and tighten.

If T-raii is not assembled EXACTLY as shown, trolley Will not travel smoothly along length of rail or It will hit against the nuts.

Cabio pulley bracket
attaches lo f^ONT
dl'lli« Ul I (cUt	Square Carnage
	Bolt Holes

T-RAIL FRONT (TO OOOR)

Hardware Shown Actual Size

Lock Nut	Catiiage Bolts
1M*-20xr/16*
Hex Screw	Lock Washer
stir-iaxT/B"	5/1 g-

Make sure bait necks are
seated In the square
holes and rails are
aligned before you
tighten lock nuts. (See
right and wrong views).
Improper assembly can
E^use jerky troJIey
operation, noise and/or
nuisance door reversals.	Wrong
	T-RAlLaACK
	(Tooparsî)
1M* Look Nu!

Carnage Soit

Cable FuUey

Bracket

Lock Washer © 0..,
S/16'	> !	SiW

► Position the rable pulley bracket on the tont end of the T-rail as shown. Fasten securely with the hardware.

When tightening the screws, be sure to keep bracket parallel to the rail. Otherwise, the rail may bow

Right Wrong when opener is opsrstsd.

Assembly Step 3

Fasten the T-rail to the Opener

•Place the opener on packing material to protect the cover. For convenience, put a support under the cable pulley bracket

•Remove the (2) 5/16"-18x1/2* washered screws mounted in the top of the opener.

•Align the holes in the back section of the T-raii with the holes in the opener,

•Fasten the rati with the (2) washered screws previously removed, tighten securely.

Ftemember to use only these screws! Any other screws will cause serious damage to the opener.

•Insert a S/16“-18x7/8* hex screw into the cover protection bolt hole in the T-rail as shown. Tighten securely with a 5/16" lock washer and nut

NOTE: This screw prevents trolley over-travel. Keep a 2“ minimum between the trolley and this screw when adjusting travel limits {see page 28).

Hardware Shown Actual Size

Hex Screw	Lock Washer
S/)6'-iax7/8*	S/16*

To fasten rail, use only those screws mounted in the top of the opener. Any other screws will cause serious damage to the opener.

Washered Screw

S/IS’-iaxt/r

Hex Screw 5/16*-1Sx7/B'

Cover

Protecijon

Bolt Hole

T-raB

{Sack Section)

Nut

S/16*-18

Assembly Step 4

install the Chain/Cable & Attach the Sprocket Cover

Dispensing Carton

Leava Chain and Cable inside OispensETsg Carton to Prevail Kjnidng.

Keep Chain and Cabla

Tay| When Dispensing

Serious Infury can resuit If fingers become entangled in moving opener sprocket. Attach sprocket cover securely. Never operate opener while your hand Is near the opener sprocket.

Figure	Opener
	Spfodtat

•Detach the cable loop from the carton and fasten It to the trolley with a master link from the hardware bag. See master link procedure, Rgure 1.

•yyith the trolley against the screwdriver, dispense the cable around the pulley.

® Proceed back around the opener sprocket,

Rgure 2, Be sure sprocket teeth engage the chain. Continue forwant to the trolley threaded shaft, Rgure 3.

Master Unk

• Use the second master link to connect the DipOn Spring chain to the flat end of the shaft Check

to make sure the chain is not twisted.

" Remove the screwdriver.

Instait Cha'n teid Cabla in This Direction

Sprocket

Cover

Back Tab Slot

Top of Qpenar

Figure 3

MasierUnic

Ciip-On Spring

Master Link Procedure;

Push pifis of raasier link bar through cable loop and ho!e in front end of troiley. Posh rap over pins and past notchesSlide clip-on spring over cap and into notches until both pins are securely tocked.

	To attach the sprocket cover:
Frani Tab Slot	• Insert the back tab in the opener slot. Squeeze the
	cover slightly and insert the front tab in the slot on
	the mounting plate.

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Assembly Step 5

Tighten the Chain & Cable

*Spin the inner ntft and lock washer down the threaded shaft, away from the troiley.

*To tighten the chain, turn outer nut in the direction shown. As you turn the nut, keep the chain

from twisting.

*When the chain is approximately 1/2' above the base of the T-raii at its midpoint, re-tighien the inner nut to secure the adjustment

Sprocket noise can result if chain Is either too loose or too tight

When instaJlation is complete, you may notice some chain droop with the door closed. This is normal. If the chain returns to the position shown when the door is open, do notre-adjust the chain.

NOTE: During future maintenance, ALWAYS pull the emergency release handle to disconnect trolley before adjusting chain.

Lock

Otrte/ Nut Wa^fier

Chain

~i ГТ T t I

ia Inch

i

O* I "TBlf

You have now finished assembling your garage door opener. Please read the following warnings before proceeding to the installation section;

IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

To reduce the risk of severe injury or death to persons:

1.READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTALLATiON INSTRUCTIONS.

2.install only on a properly balanced and lubricated garage door. An improperly balanced door may not reverse and could result in severe injury or death. Repairs to cables, spring assemblies and other hardware must be made by a professional service person before installing opener.

3.Disable all locks and remove all ropes connected to the garage door before installing the opener.

Ropes connected to a garage door can cause entanglement and death.

4.If possible, install door opener 7 feet or more above floor with the emergency release handle mounted 6 feet above the floor.

5.Do not connect the opener to power source until instructed to do so,

6.Locate the Door Control within sight of the door at a minimum height of 5 feet where small

children cannot reach, and away from ail moving parts of the door,

7.Install the User Safety Instruction Label on the wall adjacent to the door control and the Maintenance Instruction Label in a prominent location on the inside of the garage door.

8.Upon completion of the installation, the door must reverse when it comes in contact with a one-inch high object or a 2x4 laid flat on the floor.

9.Do not wear watches, rings or loose clothing while installing or servicing an opener. Jewelry or loose clothing can be caught in the mechanism of the garage door or the opener.

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Installation Section: Pages 12 - 27

Installation Step 1

Determine HeBder Bracket LocBtion

Installation procedures vary according to garage door types. Follow the instructions which apply to your door.

•Open your door to the highest point of travel as shown. Draw an intersecting horizontal line on the header wall 2" above the high point This height will provide travel clearance for the

top edge of the door.	Door ■
Door clearance brackets are
available for sectional doors
when headroom clearance is
less than 2* *. See accessory
page 38.

If	the	header	bracket	is not rigidly fastened to
a	structural		support	on the header wall or
ceiling,		the	safety	reverse system may not

work properly (see page 30). The door might not reverse when required, end could cause serious injury or death.

The garage	door	springs,	cables,	pulleys,
brackets and	their	hardware	are under	extreme

tension. Do not attempt to loosen, move or adjust them yourself. Serious personal Injury or death could result. Cal! for professional garage door service.

*Close the door and mark the inside vertical centerline of the garage door.

•Extend the line onto the header wail above the door.

Remember, you can fasten the header bracket within 2 feet of the left or right of the door center only if a torsion spring or center bearing plate is in the way; or you can attach it to the ceiling (refer to page 14) when clearance is minimal- (It may be mounted on the wall upside down If necessary, to gain approximately 1/2".)

If you need to install the header bracket on a 2x4 (an wall or ceiling), use lag screws (not supplied) to securely fasten

•the 2x4 to structural supports as shown here and on page 13.

Ceffing

Header

-Wall

-2* Track

Higliesi Pdnt

of Travel

Proceed to Step 2, page 14.

Sectional door	One-piece door
with curved track	with horizontal track

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