How To Install Garage Door Springs

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.

How to install garage door springs.

Do not try to remove the extension spring that is not broken when the garage door is closed. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them.

A pair of new springs cost about 25. There are two types of garage door springs. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. The doors with two springs are easy to replace.

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. Since extension springs are determined by how much weight they each lift and the pulley system cuts this in half you need to replace your old springs with 200 pound extension springs. A couple of carabiners can.