Top Jamb Door Closer Installation

These are often used for aluminum or glass storefront doors because these doors generally have narrow top rails.

Top jamb door closer installation.

One of the problems associated with top jamb door closers that fail involves the loosening of through bolts and sex nuts which can cause dysfunction. In some cases it s clearly a lack of enough torque on the nuts and bolts. The door must be squared inside the jamb to remedy the binding problem. A tri packed door closer is packaged with all the hardware for all 3 mounting methods.

Over head door closers can be installed in 3 methods regular arm standard top jamb or parallel arm mounted. Hope this helps in s. Snap the longyellow clip onto the rod between the jamb bracket and the cylinder as shown in fig. Top jamb door closers like regular arm closers have arms that project out from the door perpendicularly.

Top jamb mounted closers are used where the top rail of the door is narrow and the closer needs to be installed on the push side of the opening. A for the top closer. The cnc room in my workshop was getting too much dust because of the wood working. So i installed this door closer to keep the dust off.

Assemble the standard closer and the door bracket using the long pin and o ring as shown in fig. Our best selling tri packed door closer. With the closer body mounted to the face of the frame head and arm attached to the face of the door it is somewhat more aesthetically pleasing than installing the closer body on the face of the door with a mounting plate. Close and latch the door.

8301 8501 3301 3501 cr801 pr50 5000 type replacement. Attach this assembly to the top jamb bracket using the short pin. I want to install a new over head door closer and i m not sure what method to use.