How To Install Overhead Garage Door Torsion Springs

This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair.

How to install overhead garage door 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. At this point you will wind the springs. Install standard torsion springs install ez set torsion springs ideal door is a leader in residential and commercial garage doors and a preferred brand among consumers architects specifiers and building professionals. A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem.

Garage door springs come in two styles. You will be winding up on the torsion spring. Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease. This video applies t.

Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair. Play it super safe when doing garage door spring repair. Begin by turning the spring up 1 4 turn until it meets resistance. 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.

Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track.