How To Attach A Garage Door Spring

Hook the garage door spring onto door track bracket.

How to attach a garage door spring.

You may need to use a 2x4 or some other object to pry the garage door open. Weigh your garage door. In this video i will show you how to replace a broken cable for your extension spring garage door. Many manufacturers have cut costs by using a single spring on a double wide 16 steel garage door.

For related information see the articles troubleshooting garage door problems and fixing garaged door openers. 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. Secure cable end to bracket. 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.

Other problems frequently ensue when a single spring is used on a double car garage door. A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped. Once you re satisfied plug the garage door opener back in. Test the door again and add another turn if necessary.

We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position. In this video you ll learn how to spot and replace a garage door extension spring. If the spring breaks near the stationary cone a large portion of the spring spins loose with the winding cone secured to the shaft.

The springs extend along the shaft and work by twisting as the garage door closes by means of cables attached to each side of the lowest garage door panel. Attach s hook to bracket clip hook onto track. If it doesn t add a turn to each spring. 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.

Lift the door up about 3 feet 0 91 m high and let it go. Open the door then tighten locking pliers onto the track to hold the door open. Feed steel cable over the pulleys at the end of the track. 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.

Place scale under the garage door on the side of the door with the broken extension spring. If it stays in place you did the job correctly.