Cable Railing Pre-Tensioner Instructions
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You may now connect your cable at the last post (end post), without having to pull tension through the entire cable length, just from the pre-tensioner to the end post. When you have finished installing the cable at the end post, release the locking pliers, remove the pre-tensioner, and move on to your next cable, repeating the process. |
Place the pre-tensioner under the cable. Lift it up so the cable slips into the channel. The all-thread that extends beyond the housing should be facing the end post, with the back side of the pre-tensioner butted up against the last intermediate post in the rail (not the end post itself).
Clamp the correctly-sized locking pliers to the cable, so the shaft beyond the thread fits into the counter-bore in the locking pliers.
Lock the pliers.
Using a 3/4" wrench on the wrench flat of the all-thread, rotate the all-thread counter-clockwise, tightening the cable to the desired level of tension.
