How To Replace Your Garage Door Springs

The following steps will walk you through how to replace an extension garage door spring.

How to replace your garage door springs.

This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Tighten the garage door shaft by twisting the garage door bar. Open the door to relieve the spring tension and secure it open with c clamps in the tracks. Ensure the side with the bigger hole the stationary side goes in first.

Reassemble the cable drum. Install the new spring reinstall the pulley and reconnect the safety cable and you re done. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place. Based on a two spring system this is the safest type of garage door spring because the springs are situated inside the shaft.

Disconnect the spring from the track bracket and the spring pulley and disconnect the safety cable from one end. Torque master torsion spring. The general process is simple and safe. This video will show you how to replace the extension springs on your garage door.

This video will show you how to replace the extension springs on your garage door. Once in place disconnect the. Extension garage door springs extension springs expand and contract when your garage door is lowered or raised by motor or by hand. Repeat the process for the other spring.

Make sure the quote includes the trip charge parts and labor. Then measure the width and height of your door. Insert the garage door bar into the cable drum.