How To Attach A Garage Door Spring

A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped.

How to attach a garage door spring.

Many manufacturers have cut costs by using a single spring on a double wide 16 steel garage door. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. If the spring breaks near the stationary cone a large portion of the spring spins loose with the winding cone secured to the shaft. But we ll show you garage door spring replacement on the more common torsion springs the kind that mount on a bar above the garage door.

When you are preparing to buy a garage door spring you need to also take into consideration the overall cost of buying or replacing your springs. Whatever the case garage door springs are an essential component of the garage door system and are independent of the automatic garage door unique opener. Hook the garage door spring onto door track bracket. Test the door again and add another turn if necessary.

Place scale under the garage door on the side of the door with the broken extension spring. Feed steel cable over the pulleys at the end of the track. If it stays in place you did the job correctly. Secure cable end to bracket.

In this video i will show you how to replace a broken cable for your extension spring garage door. Weigh your garage door. This can still be done when only one extension spring is broken. If it doesn t add a turn to each spring.

The springs extend along the shaft and work by twisting as the garage door closes by means of cables attached to each side of the lowest garage door panel. Once you re satisfied plug the garage door opener back in. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. Lift the door up about 3 feet 0 91 m high and let it go.

This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position. For related information see the articles troubleshooting garage door problems and fixing garaged door openers. Other problems frequently ensue when a single spring is used on a double car garage door. Open the door then tighten locking pliers onto the track to hold the door open.

In this video you ll learn how to spot and replace a garage door extension spring. Attach the spring to the hook or clip at the hanger bracket and then lift the spring and the cables up to meet each other.