How To Install A Single Garage Door Torsion Spring

Garage door springs come in two styles.

How to install a single garage door torsion spring.

Preventing garage door damage whenever a torsion spring is installed it is stretched horizontally along the shaft to keep the coils from binding. How to install a single torsion spring assembly. Bars in newer cones move less than 1 1 2. The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to install a standard garage door torsion spring assembly on a new garage door or on a door that previously used extension springs torquemaster springs or ez set torsion springs.

Failure to install the torsion springs on the correct side will cause your door to function improperly and could result in serious injury. If your cones are like any of these or if they have more than 2 of play get new cones or leave the job of installing torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. The installers also know that they can install a single spring with fewer cycles and get more money a few years down the road when the garage door is damaged.

I ve had many of the older cones spin loose from my bars the last one generating an 1800 emergency room bill.