Torsion Spring Garage Door Installation Instructions

Garage door springs must be properly balanced to operate efficiently and they can experience a reduction in tension over time.

Torsion spring garage door installation instructions. Read the information in both manuals. For doors over 8 tall contact amarr garage doors step 1. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Begin by turning the spring up 1 4 turn until it meets resistance.

You will be winding up on the torsion spring. Signs that can indicate the need for a garage door spring repair or replacement include. It covers installation of torsion springs step 14 of the manual. Black winding cone torsion springs are used on the right side of the door and red winding cone torsion springs are used on the left side of the door when viewing the door from the inside looking out.

Measure area labeled headroom 5 which is the distance between the top of the door opening jamb header and the ceiling or floor joist. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. These directions are designed for torsion springs mounted to both sides of an anchor bracket above the middle of the garage door as pictured above. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring.

Garage door springs come in two styles. 10 is required for the standard extension spring or ez set extension spring system while 12 is required for a standard torsion spring and ez set torsion spring system. Door opens and closes too slowly. All dura lift springs meet the dasma standard rating of 10 000 plus door open and close cycles.

For all other information and safety warnings concerning your garage door see the manual. The following instructions for replacing garage door springs are for do it yourself homeowners and for maintenance repair men who service their smaller commercial or industrial sectional overhead doors. At this point you will wind the springs. A broken spring can prevent an electric door opener s motor from reaching top speed so a.

Supplemental instructions torsion spring installation this is a supplement to the residential garage door instructions referred to as the manual. Framing the opening the garage door opening should be approximately the same size as the door figure 1. Many garage door servicemen mark the springs with chalk or paint but you can probably wind the springs in the time it would take me to explain how to read the marks. The opening must be framed with 2 x 6 minimum wood jambs.

Failure to install the torsion springs on the correct side will cause your door to function improperly and could result in serious injury.