How to Transform a Right Hand Sector Boom to a Left Hand Sector Boom

How to Transform a Right Hand Sector Boom to a Left Hand Sector Boom

If you need to convert your right hand operator boom to a left hand operator boom to meet your site requirements, please follow the steps below:
Remove Counterbalance Assembly:
  1. Remove the Boom Pole.
  2. With the Door and Electronics Assembly removed, make sure the spring is under minimum tension (Boom Pole raised) position.
  3.  Loosen the Tension Bar Nut until the Taper Bush can rotate freely below the Cross Beam.
  4.  Remove the Counterbalance Assembly.
Convert
  1. Remove the Counterbalance Spring Pivot.
  2. Fit the Pivot and related parts to the LH configuration’s hole in the Output Plate (Put thread locking gel on bolt threads).
Fit Counterbalance Assembly
  1. Push the Taper Bush through the slot in the Cross Beam and rotate it 90° so that it sits perpendicularly across the  beam.
  2. Fit the Counterbalance Assembly.
  3. Tighten the Tension Bar Nut.
Remove the Boom Coupler
When changing the configuration of the Barrier from Right Hand to Left Hand or vice versa, the Boom Coupler will be out of sequence and has to be removed, rotated and then refitted.
Coupler Puller

A Coupler Puller is required to remove the Boom Coupler. The Coupler Puller can be purchased from Centurion Systems or a similar one can be fabricated.

Fit the Coupler Puller

With the Boom Pole removed, fit the Coupler Puller to the Boom Coupler with two
M8 Bolts and Nuts.
Remove the Coupler
  1.  Using an 8mm Allen Key, loosen the Cap Screw inside the Boom Coupler. The Cap Screw can be turned with the Allen Key through the middle hole in the Coupler Puller.
  2. Keep loosening the Cap Screw until it buts up against the Coupler Puller.
  3. Carry on loosening the Cap Screw until it releases the Boom Coupler.
Fit the Coupler
  1.  With the Counterbalance Assembly under minimum tension (Boom Pole raised) position, fit the Boom Coupler.
  2.  Engage the Boom Coupler / Output Shaft Splines so that the Boom Coupler is in its closest vertical position.
  3.  Fit the Washer and Cap Screw and then tighten using an 8mm Allen Key.
Adjusting the Pole

To level the Boom Pole, the procedure is as follows:
  1. Loosen Lock Nuts on the Adjustment Link.
  2. Turn the Adjustment Link to level the Boom Pole.
  3. Tighten Lock Nuts.