How To Replace Garage Overhead Door Springs

Make sure the quote includes the trip charge parts and labor.

How to replace garage overhead door springs.

A safety cable is threaded through the spring to. Remove the nuts at the top of the next panel down. Most garage doors have two torsion springs per door which need replacing at the same time. Residential torsion springs are stretched 1 8 to 1 4.

The doors with two springs are easy to replace. Make sure the rope is securely knotted so that the springs won t turn into dangerous whips if the cable they re on breaks. Wrap a strong cord around the track and the spring to bind them together. Disconnect the spring from the track bracket and the spring pulley.

Tie extension springs to the tracks with safety cables. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place. Slide on the new springs slide on the new spring. In order to replace your garage door spring s you will need to find the current measurements in order to accurately replace the spring s.

If the garage door spring snakes after tightening the set screws repeat the process and stretch the spring half as much as before. Once in place disconnect the garage door. Remove the door panels remove the pin of the top center brace and loosen the brace image 1. Garage door torsion springs alone cost 30 to 70 each.

Ensure the side with the bigger hole the stationary side goes in first. A garage door torsion spring replacement costs 140 to 270 for one spring and between 200 and 350 for two springs. Larger commercial and industrial overhead garage door torsion springs are stretched as much as an inch. A couple of carabiners can.

This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Then measure the width and height of your door. Start your garage door spring replacement project by getting a rough measurement of your springs length and diameter. Remove the nuts from the bolts on the top panel image 2.

Then ask for a price based on 7 19 lift cables and double life springs. A pair of new springs cost about 25. Extension springs hang loosely on the sides of the door.