How To Install A Torsion Bar Garage Door

Just a video showing how to change out broken garage door torsion springs with new ones.

How to install a torsion bar garage door.

Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. It is important that the torsion spring assembly be firmly and securely attached to the frame of the garage. Step 1 preparing the door frame. 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.

When torsion springs break they don t fly off like extension springs can. Installation of rear torsion spring system. Flying off can damage cars other property or even a person who is in the garage when it happens. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track.

Winding bars are available at most hardware stores 4. What was once a job exclusively for trained garage door professionals clopay s ez set torsion spring system makes torsion spring installation faster and easier for the do it yourselfer. This oem spring replacement system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l.

Garage door springs come in two styles. This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. After the plug reaches the mark continue pulling the bar off the door and back toward the middle of the door with your left hand.

If it does start to slip rest the bar against the top of the garage door insert a bar in the next hole and turn the plug up enough to allow you to push the marked bar back into place. Two 1 2 diameter 18 long cold rolled solid steel winding bars note. Diy garage door repair and save money.