Gorilla Playset Installation

Turn the long swing beam on its side so the holes on both the top and bottom of the beam are visible.

Line up the holes in the iron ductiles, which are the pivoting assemblies to which the swing chains attach, with the holes in the bottom of the long swing beam. You should have two ductiles for each swing.

Place a torque washer (the washers with teeth) on each hole on the top of the beam. Insert a 6 1/2-inch carriage bolt through each hole.

Bolt the ductiles to the carriage bolts with a 3/8-inch flat washer and a 3/8-inch locking nut using a 3/8-inch socket and a socket wrench. Push green bolt caps onto the bottoms of the carriage bolts.

Turn the swing beam upside down so the ductiles face the sky. Attach two swing leg brackets to each end of the swing beam so that the open end of the swing leg brackets faces the sky and away from the swing beam at an angle.

Bolt each pair of swing leg brackets to the swing beam with a 3/8-inch washer and a 3/8-inch lock nut. Immobilize the unthreaded end of the carriage bolt with pliers while you tighten the lock nut with a 3/8-inch socket and a socket wrench.

Push green bolt caps onto the exposed threads of the carriage bolts.

Screw four 2-inch panhead screws through each swing leg bracket into the swing beam using a Phillips head screwdriver.

Turn the swing beam over so the top of the beam faces the sly. Working on one end at a time, shove the pre-drilled ends of the four 96-inch long swing legs into the swing leg brackets.

Put a stepladder next to one end of the swing set. Climb the ladder with eight 2-inch panhead screws and a Phillips head screwdriver in your hand.

Screw the panhead screws through the holes in the swing arm brackets into the holes in the swing legs. Repeat this procedure on the other end of the swing set.

Position one swing leg cross member on the far end of one of the swing legs. Attach one end of the cross member to one of the swing legs using one of the 3 1/2-inch lag bolts and one of the flat washers included in the kit, and a 3/8-inch socket and a socket wrench.

Raise the other end of the cross beam so it is roughly horizontal. Set a bubble level on top of the cross beam.

Adjust the beam until the bubble in the level indicates the beam is level. Draw a pencil line across the face of the swing leg right at the bottom of the level cross beam. Remove the level.

Hold the bottom of the cross beam at that pencil line while you secure the loose end of the cross beam to the swing leg using a 3 1/2-inch lag bolt, a flat washer, a 3/8-inch socket and a socket wrench. Attach the other cross beam to the other end of the swing set the same way.

Put the ladder under any pair of ductiles. Climb the ladder and attach each swing chain to each ductile with the spring clips included with the swing set. Repeat for each swing.