How To Attach A Garage Door Spring

Secure cable end to bracket.

How to attach a garage door spring.

Whatever the case garage door springs are an essential component of the garage door system and are independent of the automatic garage door unique opener. Open the door then tighten locking pliers onto the track to hold the door open. Weigh your garage door. A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped.

Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. If the spring breaks near the stationary cone a large portion of the spring spins loose with the winding cone secured to the shaft. Attach the spring to the hook or clip at the hanger bracket and then lift the spring and the cables up to meet each other.

You may need to use a 2x4 or some other object to pry the garage door open. If it stays in place you did the job correctly. Feed steel cable over the pulleys at the end of the track. Place scale under the garage door on the side of the door with the broken extension spring.

Many manufacturers have cut costs by using a single spring on a double wide 16 steel garage door. Hook the garage door spring onto door track bracket. Test the door again and add another turn if necessary. Once you re satisfied plug the garage door opener back in.

In this video you ll learn how to spot and replace a garage door extension spring. If it doesn t add a turn to each spring. Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track. This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position.

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. Attach s hook to bracket clip hook onto track. Other problems frequently ensue when a single spring is used on a double car garage door. This can still be done when only one extension spring is broken.

For related information see the articles troubleshooting garage door problems and fixing garaged door openers. When you are preparing to buy a garage door spring you need to also take into consideration the overall cost of buying or replacing your springs.