How to Guide

PRODUCT GUIDE
Vinyl Single and Double-Hung Windows (JPG006)
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BALANCE REPLACEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT - CONTINUED
BALANCE INSTALLATION
Lower Sash Balance – Access opening at top of jamb
1. Install the locking
case rst with the
spring exiting the
case toward the
interior of the
window, the locking
collar in the unlocked
position and any
excess spring tail
length wraped
over the dog bone
end of the locking
caseassembly.
2. Insert the bottom
end of the locking
case assembly into
the access opening
and pull downward
until the balance
case and spring
tail fully enter the
jambpocket.
3. For multi-spring
balances, slide the
locking case upward
until the dog bones
are just above the
lower edge of the
access opening. Place
the tail of the second
spring in the pocket,
adjacent to the rst spring tail and align the dog bones of the locking
case with the dog bone slots of the second spring case. Slide the
second spring case into the access opening. For triple spring balances,
connect the third spring case by the same method as the second.
4. Align the mounting holes of all springs, using needle nosepliers.
5. Grasp the mounting
bracket with a
needle nose plier
(inset), insert the
upper hook of the
mounting bracket
through the upper
holes of all springs
(make sure to
engage all springs).
6. While holding
back the balance
assembly, pull the
springs upward
approximately
1/4" (1) with the
bracket, and rotate
the bracket about a
horizontal axis, to insert the second hook through the lower holes of
all springs (2 - behind the pliers in the image).
7. Rotate the bracket about a vertical axis, to insert the back tab
beneath the edge of a dog bone (3).
8. Slide the complete balance assembly and mounting bracket to the
original mounting position, and secure with the original screw.
Upper Sash Balance – Access opening at the sill
1. For multi-spring
balances, install
the uppermost
spring case (short
tail spring), and
slide upward until
the dog bone slots
are just below
the top of the
accessopening.
2. For additional
balances, insert
the bottom of the
second case into the opening, and partially engage the dog bones
into the rst case. Grasp the spring tail with a needle nose plier,
between the two holes, and push the spring tail down, until the end
can be inserted through the access opening, alongside the rst case.
3. Push the spring tail and the balance case fully into the jamb pocket.
4. Slide the assembly up the jamb pocket, and back down, to facilitate
feeding the second spring tail past the rst spring case.
5. Install the locking case assembly in the same manner if the locking
case assembly contains a medium or long tailed spring.
6. Align the mounting holes of all springs, using needle nose pliers.
7. Grasp the mounting
bracket with a
needle nose plier
(inset), insert the
upper hook of the
mounting bracket
through the upper
holes of all springs
(make sure to
engage all springs).
8. While holding
back the balance
assembly, pull the
springs upward
approximately
1/4" (1) with the
bracket, and rotate
the bracket about
a horizontal axis,
to insert the second
hook through the
lower holes of all springs (2 - behind the pliers in the image).
9. Rotate the bracket about a vertical axis, to insert the back tab
beneath the edge of a dog bone (3).
10. Slide the complete balance assembly and mounting bracket to the
original mounting position, and secure with the original screw.
Interior
Locking case
Second spring
First case
Spring
mounting hole
Spring
mounting hole
2
2
1-up
1/4"
1-up
1/4"
3
3
Mounting
bracket
Mounting
bracket