ATTACHING GUARDRAILS - continued
9. Repeat steps 7 & 8 until you get either to a landing
or the wedge section.
10. Repeat steps 3 through 9 for the opposite side
of the ramp and for the other runs of ramp until
you get to the wedge (bottom) ramp section.
11. If the wedge ramp section is not connected to
the bridge section, skip this step. Otherwise,
install locating sleeves into the bottom end left
hand and right hand handrails that are mounted
on the bridge section as directed in step 7 above.
12. Position one of the bottom ramp guardrails on
the ramp and engage the upper end of its handrail
with the locating sleeve.
13. Attach the upper end of the guardrail to the
ramp wedge section with a flat washer and an
M10-1.5x60mm [2.36"] socket head screw.
14. Insert a 10mm carriage bolt (see picture) into the
slot at the bottom edge of the ramp with the
thread end facing up. Set the guardrail mounting
plate hole over the carriage bolt and install a flat
washer and 10mm nut. It may be necessary to
lift up slightly on the guardrail for the slot at the
bottom edge of the wedge ramp section to
capture the square neck of the carriage bolt
during the initial tightening.
15. Repeat steps 12 through 14 for the other bottom
guardrail.
16. If the ramp system has a turnaround with a 180
degree direction change, install a handrail U-turn
piece between the two adjacent handrails.
Attached an angled sleeve to the bottom end of
the handrail with a self-drilling screw, making
certain that the end of the angled sleeve is
horizontal. Attach an angled sleeve to the upper
handrail, again making certain that the end of the
angled sleeve is horizontal. Install the ends of the
U-turn over the two angled sleeve. Secure by
tightening the two setscrews using the 3 mm
T-handle hex wrench.
INSTALLED WEDGE RAMP SECTION GUARDRAIL
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