How To Attach A Garage Door Spring

We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story.

How to attach a garage door spring.

For related information see the articles troubleshooting garage door problems and fixing garaged door openers. If the spring breaks near the stationary cone a large portion of the spring spins loose with the winding cone secured to the shaft. In this video i will show you how to replace a broken cable for your extension spring garage door. This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position.

You may need to use a 2x4 or some other object to pry the garage door open. Feed steel cable over the pulleys at the end of the track. If it doesn t add a turn to each spring. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more.

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. Place scale under the garage door on the side of the door with the broken extension spring. Once you re satisfied plug the garage door opener back in. Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track.

Lift the door up about 3 feet 0 91 m high and let it go. In this video you ll learn how to spot and replace a garage door extension spring. Many manufacturers have cut costs by using a single spring on a double wide 16 steel garage door. Weigh your garage door.

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. 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. A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped. Test the door again and add another turn if necessary.

Hook the garage door spring onto door track bracket. 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. This can still be done when only one extension spring is broken.

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. Attach s hook to bracket clip hook onto track.