Installing Different Length Garage Door Springs

You should not attempt to adjust or remove a garage door that has a standard torsion spring mechanism because these are under extreme tension which makes them dangerous.

Installing different length garage door springs.

How to choose a new extension spring and install it. They extend as your door moves and helps to balance your garage door. For garage doors to function properly there are many key parts that must always be in tune and that includes garage door springs. To order the correct springs for your garage door you ll need to know a few details about your door system.

This allows you to go to the hardware store and pick out the replacement springs in about 5 minutes. For torsion springs you either get 1 2 3 or 4 on each garage door. Extension springs and torsion springs are the two kinds of garage door springs you ll find in garage doors. The number depends on the size and weight of the door.

Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. A pair of new springs cost about 25. Different types of garage door springs. As you can see in the picture below the last coil on my spring was painted red.

Knowing the spring s length can help you find the wire size on the chart above. Garage door extension springs are color coded. Torsion springs turn as you open and close your garage door. A couple of carabiners can.

You can find them installed directly above the door opening. Extension springs do as their name suggests. Springs in general last about 10 14 years or 15 20 thousand. Garage door springs come in two styles.

The garage door shown is equipped with a torsion spring system which is much safer to adjust than the typical torsion spring model. Measure 10 coils to the nearest 1 16. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. Different types of garage door springs.