User manual ESCALADE SPORTS 2L-6990-00

[. . . ] These assembly instructions are to be used in conjunction with the Summit First and Attaching Towers Assembly Instructions and Owners Manual. Please be sure you read and understand our recommendations for safe installation sites and safety during installation, as well as the U. S. Consumer Products Safety Commissions recommendations concerning the depth of various resilient surfacing materials. If you do not have these Assembly Instructions, which contain this important information, contact ChildLife at (800) 467-9464 to obtain a free replacement copy. [. . . ] Complete Step 32 and all additional steps as instructed. 2 11 Horizontal Rail Illustration 14 Stepþ15. þþFASTENþTHEþTOPþPANEL ATþTHEþTOPþ(SeeþIllustrationþ14) Illustration 1. Top Stepþ1. þINVENTORYþYOURþBOXES 3 x 1/4 Carriage Bolts Top Panel Use a stepladder to fasten the top of the Top Panel. For important information about stepladder safety, see your Summit First Tower Assembly Manual. Use two 3 x 1/4 Carriage Bolts and 1/4 Safety Nuts. NOTE: The bolts travel first through the Top Panel, then through the Horizontal Rail, and finally through the bottom of the Balusters at Holes #2 and #6 which you left open in Step #12. Fasten all hardware securely. The Summit Alpine Climber is shipped in two boxes marked #S23 and #S24. Stepþ2. þLOCATEþANDþORIENT Top Panel PANELSþ(SeeþIllustrationþ1) Bottom Top Bottom Panel Open both boxes. Although they are identical, they must be oriented as shown in Illustration 1. Observe the pattern of the pre-drilled holes at the top and bottom of the panels, and orient them accordingly. Stepþ3. þFASTENþMOUNTAIN CLIMBINGþHOLDSþ(SeeþIllustration 2þonþpageþ12) Bottom Panel Stepþ16. þþFASTENþPANELþSUPPORTþRAILþTOþUPRIGHTS Bottom Note the Panel Support which you fastened to the back of the Top Panel in Step 13. Fasten the Panel Support Rail to the Uprights with two 2-1/2 x 1/4 Lag Screws and 1/4 Washers. Use a 7/16 Socket wrench, as the hole are counter-sunk to eliminate protruding hardware. Stepþ17. þþINSTALLþTOPþOFþCLIMBINGþROPE Install the top of the Mountain Climbing Rope by inserting one end through the 5/8 hole in the Safety Baluster for Rope you installed in Step 10. Tie two tightly knotted overhand knots in the end of the Climbing Rope, leaving about 5 (five) inches at the end. Stepþ18. þþINSTALLþBOTTOMþOFþCLIMBINGþROPE Open Box #S23 and locate the Mountain Climbing Holds and the bag of silver colored hardware. Carefully follow the pattern shown in Illustration 2 on page 12 to bolt the Holds to the Panels. Use the silver 1 x 7/16 Hex Head Bolts, silver 7/16 Safety Nuts, and the 5/16 Hex Key Wrench found in the hardware bag. Before bolting, hammer the Safety Nuts into the back of the Panels so the Safety Nuts teeth sink part way in. As you tighten the bolts, the teeth will sink the rest of the way into the back of the Panels. Orient the Holds as shown in Illustration 2 on page 12. Position them so as to maximize the ease with which children can grasp and grip them. However, do not orient a Hold so that rainwater can collect in a valley behind the top of the Hold. Install the bottom of the Mountain Climbing Rope by inserting the bottom end through the 5/8 hole in the center of the 2x6 Base Piece. From the other side, pull the Climbing Rope as tight as possible, and tie several overhand knots to prevent it from being pulled back out through the hole. The Climbing Rope should be tight against the Summit Alpine Climber, so that the children can use it if necessary, but disregard it as their skills develop. 10 3 Illustration 3 Information regarding periodic cleaning and tightening of the Holds is contained in Step 19. Stepþ4. þFASTENþBASEþPIECEþ(See Illustrationsþ3þandþ4) Illustration 12 View of BACK of Top Panel Panel Support Rail Stepþ13. þþFASTENþPANELþSUPPORTþRAILþ(SeeþIllustrationþ12) See Illustration 3. Face the side of the Summit to which you will fasten the Alpine Climber. Ensure that the hardware fastening the brown Bottom Crossarm to the bottom of the green Uprights is tightened securely. Bottom Crossarm Make sure this hardware is tight. Fasten the last of the three identical Panel Support Rails to the back of the Top Panel using the pre-drilled holes 24 up from the bottom of the Panel. Use two 1-1/2 x 1/4 Carriage Bolts and 1/4 Safety Nuts. [. . . ] The bolts go through the Panel, then into the Rail. Bottom Panel 2-1/2 x 1/4 Carriage Bolts 4 9 SIDE View of Balusters fastened to Rails Baluster Baluster Illustration 9 If the bolt holes do not line up, you did not install the Horizontal Rail (Step 9) correctly. Be sure that when installed the 5/8 hole is 5 from the bottom of the Baluster, and the bottom connects to the Horizontal Rail and the top connects to the Top Rail. NOTE: The angle cut at the top of the Balusters must point down and away from the Rail. See Illustration 9 for examples of correct and incorrect installation. Stepþ11. þþFASTENþTOPþONLYþOF SAFETYþBALUSTERSþ(See Illustrationþ10) View of BACK of Bottom Panel 1-1/2 x 1/4 Carriage Bolts Illustration 5 Stepþ6. þþFASTENþMIDDLE SUPPORTþPANELþTOþBOTTOM PANELþ(SeeþIllustrationþ5) Rails Panel Mid Rail Panel Support Rails Fasten an Alpine Climber Panel Support Rail (one of three identical) to the middle of the back of the Bottom Panel with two 1-1/2 x 1/4 Carriage Bolts and 1/4 Safety Nuts. [. . . ]