Too Much Spring On Tilt Up Garage Door

If you do so you need to clamp vice grips on the door.

Too much spring on tilt up garage door. If the door raises too quickly the tension is too tight and the automatic opener must work too hard to close the door. The solution to replacing a garage door spring is first identifying the problem. To adjust your garage door s side mounted springs first open your door fully and secure it in place with a c clamp below the bottom roller. One end is a fixed attachment to the garage door track or wood frame.

Or more so you will require enough strong people to help you with this. If you are underneath it it will come down on you like a guillotine. You may wish to work on your garage door extension spring with your garage door up. Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension.

A single torsion spring system that is broken is bad news as it requires much more effort to open your door. A properly fitted spring or springs will create a safe balanced garage door. The other end is attached to a pulley through which the garage door cable is threaded. The full weight of a garage door can range from 150 to 800 lbs.

Be sure not to twist the garage door cable when reattaching the pulley. Simply disconnect these two attachments and reattach the new spring in the same way. 3 open the door fully to relieve the tension on the hinge springs at each.