Place a small level on top of the compensating crank (photograph 1). Make sure that it is resting on a flat portion of the crank. If the compensating crank is not level, adjust the length of the restoring cable to make it level. After each adjustment, operate the gates back and forth several times to seat the restoring cable and then bring the gates back to exactly 50 percent. When the compensating crank is level with the gates at 50 percent, the black gate position needle should be at 50 percent. If it isn’t,.