How To Repalce Garage Door Springs

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How to repalce garage door springs.

Only then will you be able to order replacement parts and install the new springs. Replacing torsion springs is the more difficult and potentially dangerous task. Replace torsion garage door springs by following these steps. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves.

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. Our springs are made to be a bit flexible so you don t have to get it to an exact measurement. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. One cable attaches to the bottom of the door runs up and over the pulley above the door and around the spring pulley and then attaches to the door track bracket.

One at the end of each spring and one at the top of the vertical door track they also have two cables on each side. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. Replacing your own garage door springs takes only a little time and effort and can save you hundreds of dollars.