How To Replace A Garage Door Springs

Our springs are made to be a bit flexible so you don t have to get it to an exact measurement.

How to replace a garage door springs.

Replacing garage door springs takes 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the type and size of the garage door and number of springs. Replacing torsion springs is the more difficult and potentially dangerous task. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Old garage doors with several failing parts take up to two hours to replace.

Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. A garage door spring tune up takes 10 to 15 minutes per door. Attempt the following steps only if you are a very. Replace torsion garage door springs by following these steps.

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. 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.