How To Fix Old Garage Door Spring

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How to fix old garage door spring.

Disconnect the spring from the track bracket and the spring pulley and disconnect the safety cable from one end. This video is to inform you of a type of spring and bracket that exists on one piece garage doors with a jam pivot style design. The general process is simple and safe. Test the spring by lifting the door about 3 feet.

Step 1 unplug the garage door opener and clamp the door to the track. Use locking pliers or a c clamp to secure the door to the track to keep it from opening when you release the tension on the springs 1 x research sourcestep 2 loosen the set screws while holding each spring with a winding bar. Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger. Position a sturdy ladder to the side of the springs rather than working directly in front of them for safety reasons.

If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket. Disconnect the garage door opener so the door remains closed. If the door remains in place the replacement was a. Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way.

This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l. Retest the door balance as you did in step 1. Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves.

This system is unsafe and sh. Install the new spring reinstall the pulley and reconnect the safety cable and you re done. Put on eye. Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums.

Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side. Lubricate the spring with garage door lubricant then remove the clamp from the garage door.