Garage Door Torsion Spring Too Strong

Trained garage door technicians learn to master this calculation.

Garage door torsion spring too strong.

Winding the torsion spring too tightly or loosely. Samwise the brave has a sectional garage door and its torsion spring is a 15 000 cycle spring. 11 1 many torsion spring replacement accidents occur from springs that are too strong. Opening and closing the door with springs that are too small can end up damaging your garage door and your opener.

If the door is off the floor and the roller is against the vise grip close the door with one hand and remove the vise grip with the other. Replacing and adjusting torsion and side mounted garage door springs. On average samwise takes his little pony for a ride in the shire 3 times per day. When the spring is too small the door is way too heavy.

You may find that the new springs may be too lively and the door may not close all the way. If that is the case you will have to look at the way the bare end of the garage door cable is attached to the garage door track and loosen an inch or two. If you use a screw driver the torsion spring can spin out of control and take your fingers off. This is a serious mistake.

If the garage door stays on the floor by itself remove the vise grip from the track. To know how many times to wind a garage door spring you need to use an exact formula. When the spring is too big the springs are too strong for the door and cause excessive force. In the second example the springs are too big they are also too strong for the door.

In the first example the spring is too small. The video is a great example of the door s performance before and after the spring replacement.