AirLift XRS doors going in tomorrow

[MDrost1]

Folks,

Thanks for all of the advice with regard to doors for my IBA. I just received the shipment of two AirLift XRS doors. They get installed tomorrow.

Any tips for maintenance? Operation? The exit door has the strapeze system for emergency exit. Thanks!

 

[BBE]

If you are cramped for space like I saw you mentioned earlier and the idea of taking the cover off of the motor to save some space is brought up, this is a bad idea. Especially in a touchless you need to have something covering the motor, or it will not last you very long. Personal experience

 

[MDrost1]

Thanks! Space on the exit side is the big deal. AirLift suggest mounting the hood 2ft higher, so it will be above the LW4000. I hope it works!

 

[pgrzes]

Can you put the doors outside? I mounted mine outside for less extreme conditions outside then inside with a touchless!!! I love the doors, look and work excellent. Only had a couple problems in extreme cold conditions.

 

[MDrost1]

Unfortunately they have to be mounted inside. Any tips???

 

[BBE]

Ask woltco about replacing the bristles on the door rails with the flat rubber inserts instead. You WILL have problems in the winter with the bristles freezing together and the door hanging up and not closing all the way.

 

[MDrost1]

Got the rubber rails. Boy it was tight getting them in to the bay. Had to do a bit of customization to say the least. I have to have a flat LW4000 bridge cover fashioned. Any ideas or avenues to explore?

 

[gearhead]

I had a small issue with the doors that face the wind. especially overnight when there was little use. I found that the motor covers trapped the cold air that blew in around the door roll and the motors were getting really cold. By pulling the covers the heat from the bay was able to minimize this. I also treat the motors with a lite cote of LPS to help prevent corrosion. The door motor operated much easier. I also would set the motor speed to around 70 %. Its easier to set your limits due to less "coasting" after the door motor stops. It will be more consistent at the closed position so less chance of the door staying up a little. On mine, the first couple of cycles in the morning tend to be a little slower due to the stiffness of the door material, gear oil temp, etc..

 

[mjwalsh]

Got the rubber rails. Boy it was tight getting them in to the bay. Had to do a bit of customization to say the least. I have to have a flat LW4000 bridge cover fashioned. Any ideas or avenues to explore?

MDrost1,

If you have a chance post some pics of the strapeze door. Not sure if I can make any suggestions but we have had the Airlift strapeze system on our 6 Airlift Alaskan doors for about 15 years now. We installed Zap door up & down operators from Airlift about a year after the original install. On each door we set up an air cylinder with linkage to engage the specific Zap drive belt & have controls that turn on the needed direction (via 24VDC polarity).

mike walsh www.kingkoin.com