GAI-Tronics 12504-004 User Manual

Pub. 42003-011B

GAI-TRONICS® CORPORATION

A HUBBELL COMPANY

Door Handle Replacement Kit

MODEL 12504-004

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General Information

This kit pr ovides the repair procedure for t he following weatherproof encl osure models:

• 473-001 • 7335-002 • 733-001 • 10444-003 • 7335-004

• 733-002 • 473-002 • 7335-001 • 733-006 • 7335-006

This kit includes the following components:

Qty Description Item Number

1 Handle 1
1 Handle shaft, stainless steel 2
1
1 Torsion spring, stainless steel 4
1
1 O-ring 6

Flat washer, stainless steel, 0.281 I.D. × 0.500 O.D. × 0.063 thick (inches)

Roll pin, stainless steel (0.125-inch dia. × 1.00-inch long)

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5

Installation

Removing the Old Handle

1. Knock the existing r oll pin entir ely ou t of the ha ndle and the handle s haft.

2. Remove the handle from the sha f t. Unhook the torsion spring fr om t he reta ining boss on the inside of

the door. Remove the shaft, the spring, and t he fl at washer f rom the door, and discard all the pieces
removed from t he door.

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Installing the New Handle

1. Engage t he loop ed arm of t he torsion spr i ng on the retaining boss on the inside of the door while

installing the sp ring over the handle shaft b oss on the ins ide of the door.
New enclosures have an elbow-shap ed retaining boss in whic h the looped arm is slid over and down on
the boss.
Older enclosures have a straight boss. After the looped a rm is installed on the s traight boss, apply heat
with a soldering ir on to melt the top of the boss to secure t he s pring arm as shown in Fi gure 3.

2. Inst all the ha ndle s haft throu gh the flat was her and into the handle s haft boss as s hown in Figur e 1 .

Make sure the flat washer is between the top of the handle shaft boss and the straight a rm of the s pring
as shown in Figu re 2.

3. Inst all the O- ring onto t he handle shaft on the front side of the door .

Figure 1.

4. Position the ha ndle of the shaft on the f ront of the door wit h the longer r ib of the handle towards the

bott om of the door. O rient t he s haft so that the la tching leg of the shaft on the inside of the door is
positioned horizontally a nd pointing t oward latch side of the door as s hown in Figure 1. Align the
holes in the handle and the shaft. Inst all the r oll p i n through the handle and into the shaft hole so that
the amount of roll pin on each s ide of the shaf t is a ppr ox imately the s ame and does not prot rude outside
the handle.

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