How To Change Garage Door Spring

This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them.

How to change garage door spring.

Replace torsion garage door springs by following these steps. This video will show you how to replace the extension springs on your garage door. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. One at the end of each spring and one at the top of the vertical door track they also have two cables on each side.

Diy garage door torsion spring replacement step by step how to video. One cable attaches to the bottom of the door runs up and over the pulley above the door and around the spring pulley and then attaches to the door track bracket. Our springs are made to be a bit flexible so you don t have to get it to an exact measurement. Garage door springs can be easily broken making the garage door difficult to open or even putting the vehicle or driver at risk by dropping on them.

The torsion garage door springs will be located on either side of the center of the door frame while extension springs are on swing out arms placed on either side of the door itself. Click to watch get the official all in one kit and save big 5 star rat.