GENERAL INFORMATION:

CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLIES PERMIT THE SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF ALL DOGS BY THE OPERATING HANDLE.  STANDARD CONNECTING RODS ARE ZINC PLATED STEEL WITH STAINLESS STEEL SELF-LUBRICATING BEARINGS, STAINLESS STEEL STUDS AND COTTER PINS.  CON ROD COLLARS AND WASHERS ARE BRASS.  STAINLESS STEEL CON RODS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STAINLESS STEEL, GRP AND ALUMINUM DOORS WHEN REQUIRED.

"OILITE" BEARINGS ARE AVAILABLE I.A.W. 805 SERIES DRAWINGS AND ALTHOUGH NOT AS DURABLE AS THE STANDARD STAINLESS BEARINGS THEY ARE EASILY REPLACEABLE.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORRECT NAVSEA PROCEDURE, SIDE CON RODS ARE PROVIDED WITH SOME STUDS ATTACHED AND OTHERS TO BE ATTACHED WHEN THEIR EXACT LOCATION IS TEMPLATED AT INSTALLATION.  A CON ROD COLLAR, COTTER PIN AND THE REQUIRED WASHERS COME WITH EACH STUD.

CORNER RODS ARE PROVIDED WITH TWO BEARINGS INSTALLED.

TOP CON RODS ARE PROVIDED WITH ONE BEARING PRE-FITTED AND A SECOND BEARING TO BE FITTED WHEN ITS EXACT LOCATION IS TEMPLATED AT INSTALLATION.

SMALL SIX DOG DOORS USE "CONNECTING LINKS" IN PLACE OF CORNER AND SIDE RODS.  UPPER CONNECTING LINKS ARE PROVIDED WITH TWO BEARINGS.  LOWER CONNECTING LINKS INCLUDE TWO BEARINGS AND A STUD WITH CON ROD COLLAR, COTTER PIN AND WASHERS.

DOORS 36" WIDE DO NOT USE A TOP ROD.  THESE DOORS PRESENT SPECIAL PROBLEMS WHEN ORDERING DUE TO SOME ANOMALIES ON THE GOVERNMENT DRAWINGS. SPECIFICALLY, SOME PARTS ARE MISNUMBERED AND WILL BE CORRECTED ON FORTHCOMING DRAWINGS.

ORDERING INFORMATION:

CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLIES ARE DETERMINED BY DOOR SIZE, SWING AND NUMBER OF DOGS.  DIFFERENT DOORS HAVE FEW, IF ANY, COMMON CONNECTING RODS.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE DOOR FOR WHICH REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NEEDED.  WEAR PARTS SUCH AS CON ROD COLLARS, WASHERS, BEARINGS, COTTER PINS AND REPLACEMENT STUDS ARE EASIER TO INVENTORY FOR DAMAGE CONTROL.