How To Install Torsion Bar On Garage Door

Adjustments should be made in 1 4 turn increments.

How to install torsion bar on garage door.

Tension is reduced by removing turns. Just a video showing how to change out broken garage door torsion springs with new ones. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l. After the plug reaches the mark continue pulling the bar off the door and back toward the middle of the door with your left hand.

What was once a job exclusively for trained garage door professionals clopay s ez set torsion spring system makes torsion spring installation faster and easier for the do it yourselfer. This oem spring replacement system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process. If the garage door isn t opening or closing properly then check the tension on the torsion springs for needed adjustments. To adjust torsion spring tension the door is locked in the down position.

After calling around he wasn t able to find anybody that could install a garage door for him. The torsion spring helps the garage door open and close easily. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. With locking pliers clamped on the torsion tube winding bars are used to wind the springs tighter to increase tension.

Part 1 of 2. This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable. 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. We were able to install the garage door and the garage door opener using a technique called a rear torsion spring system.

The springs are located at the top inside part of the garage door. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. There are two torsion springs at each side of the garage door. When two springs are used both sides should be adjusted the same.