How To Install The Springs On A Overhead Garage Door

Installing an overhead garage door requires a few tools and a friend to help.

How to install the springs on a overhead garage door.

19 cheap garage storage projects you can diy. There are two types of spring systems. This video applies t. An integral part of an overhead rolling garage door system is the spring or springs that serves to assist either manual or mechanized opening and closing of the overhead door.

In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. 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. Failure to install the torsion springs on the correct side will cause your door to function improperly and could result in serious injury. And an extension spring system in which two springs.

Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Garage door springs come in two styles. First the lower door panel needs to be set up in the center of the doorway. Play it super safe when doing garage door spring repair.

The remaining panels and tracks are held in place with hinges brackets and screws.