Honestly it was pretty easy and now my garage door opens really quietly and smooth, I would say it is not for the faint of heart but I did a lot of research and I feel a lot of sites made it sound a lot harder than it would have been. It really only felt like there was about 20lbs of pressure when I went to tighten the spring. Only took me about 20 minutes to do, all around very easy fix and I'm happy that my garage door is fixed.
Anyone know where to get a new garage torsion spring in Anchorage on a Saturday?
I've tried Alaska Garage Door & Repair, Pioneer Door Inc., and Allegrezza Door Co., Home Depot and Lowes. Thanks!
i have a 8'x8' door that weights about 120 pounds. its a manual lift. no motor. it has one torsion spring. it is 5"- 20 coil length, LW, 2"Inner Dimeter and 29" spring length.
i know its dangerous to replace them without knowledge but i have changed multiple springs before and know the safety stuff. such as don't stand directly front of winding bars ect..
Can i get a longer spring length means it last long?
should i add two smaller springs? because spring broke when the door was up and it came down violently.
Does spring loose tension over time?
if i have under sized spring, i know its hard to lift the door but will the spring wear out faster?
thank you
The torsion spring on my 16' X 7' insulated garage door gave out the other day, and I've picked up what I believe to be the correct replacement spring, but I have no clue as to how many turns should I give it. As mentioned, it's a 16' X 7' insulated door, and the spring I got is .234" X 1.75" X 47" long. Thanks
So I finally ordered the Doohickey kit direct from eagle mike. I got the Doo installed, and got the torsion spring drilled at 5:30 like requested, but when I spin the starter gear around, I can hear a slight pinging and I noticed that the starter gear spoke is slightly touching the torsion spring.
I'm about to resort back to the old doohickey because this feels like I'm about to grenade my engine with this new doohickey.
Anyone know how to measure/size busted garage door torsion springs to order replacements? My garage door guy says his suppliers are out of stock and won't tell me the size.....haven't hired him so I can blame him for not telling me.
Hi All,
Does anyone know of a supplier of open wound torsion springs? 9mm OD, 0.4 mm wire diameter, 8-10coils, 20 mm tall.
I know it's a rarer item as most torsion springs are close wound.
It's needs for a magazine feed where the magazine rotates under spring tension by 1 full turn and diameter of magazine is 40 mm.
Thanks in advance.
Is anyone out there having a problem getting torsion springs ? I've been in the overhead door business for 40yrs and have never seen this happen. I won't be able to get a spring truck in til October. Can't get a straight answer as to why. I live in Oklahoma. Let me know what state you are in and if you're having the same problem.
Looking to replace a missing spring that flings the door open when you press the eject button.
Any ideas on what size torsion spring I should search for?
thank you in advance
I have 2 torsion springs for 1 garage door (2 car garage). I am in the process of replacing both torsion springs. The original's dimension is 2x250x24
I realized after opening the ordered replacement spring that it is 2x250x27
the last number tells you the length (the other 2 numbers match, ie. tension, and diameter). My question is, does it matter that the length doesn't match?
I imagine that since it's longer, the number of turns that I would need to get the same amount of torque/tension would be less. Of course, this would require trial and error and adjustments based on how much it pulls my garage door up (without the garage door opener).
I would rather not return what I've already bought, but in addition to that, it's almost impossible (and I haven't found one yet), to find a torsion spring that matches 2x250x24.
I imagine I can just install it, and since the old one required 27 quarter turns, I can start at 20, unclamp the door and see how much it rises. Supposedly, if I can make it go about waist height, that's the sweet spot.
Any help would be appreciated.
I discovered this morning that the garage door wouldn't open more than a foot with the opener.
I disengaged the opener to manually open it, and found that it felt much heavier to open than previously.
After trying several different things, I noticed the spring above the garage door looks broken.
https://imgur.com/a/tNQqcjV
Is this my problem?
I had a grage door torsion spring break. I am pretty handy and feel like i can replace them my self. Also have a friend who used to work on garage doors to help if i get in over my head.
The issue i am running into is finding an exact replace my torsion spring. Does it matter if i get a spring that is slightly bigger wire size and length? In my mind it would be ok and just extend the life of the spring but i am not sure on that. Thanks for all the help!
Update: so after reading all of the comments I did my research and found a garage door company who taught me how measure my springs to make sure I got an equivalent spring. Decided to go with a longer life spring so I don’t have to deal with this again for a while. Decided to also replace them my self. The springs I ordered came with winding bars and after watching a few videos I gave it a shot. Install went great and still got all my fingers. Thanks for all the advice. I will say I could see how it could be dangerous but if you take your time and are careful with it I think it’s totally fine. Thanks y’all!
I'm working on an unbranded cylindrical entrance set with a broken knob return spring. Having a hard time finding a source for a replacement. The lock furniture is similar to something you might find by Rocky Mountain Hardware or some such manufacturer. I have the broken spring at my office but only thought to post this while at home this weekend so all I have are some photos of the lock at this time.
Anyone have any hints on how I might be able to find a replacement while not knowing who the manufacturer is?
The only identifying marks are on the face of the key cylinder housing. "HH". Don't know if this is the lock trim manufacturer or just the manufacturer of the cylinder housing.
Broken return spring. The two legs are oriented at 180 degrees.
The spring latch and deadbolt edge faceplates don't have any distinguishing markings.
Interior escutcheon w/ knob and thumb-turn.
Exterior escutcheon w/ grip style lever and single cylinder deadbolt.
So I added that foam insulation to my garage door (Insulfoam) and decided to unlatch the motor to see how heavy the door was. It is not very heavy but won't stay put when I let go -- feels like 10-20 lbs.
I had a garage door repairman come by to look at it and he told me I need larger springs.
Should I try giving the springs another quarter turn to see if it gets any better or am I risking breaking the door or getting seriously injured?
Hi all. I'm looking for torsion springs for use in a robotics research application. Something that can handle loads of tens of Nm, maybe up to 100Nm.
What do I need to search to get something other than the paperclip style springs?!
Thank you in advance
Recently bought a house - we have a two door garage. One of the automatic door openers is non-functional. I thought - I'll just buy the same brand of automatic opener and replace it!
Since then, I've learned a little more. I have extension springs - and it seems the new door opener I got is not compatible with this setup as the instructions mention the door must be balanced. I'm not sure if this means I will need to replace the extension springs with torsion springs. Would it be possible to just install a counter balance system and continue using the extension springs? The seller left some parts to install a counter balance system, but I'm not sure if the intention was so that it can be opened/closed manually or if this would work with a garage door opener.
I'm having trouble finding a straight forward answer to my question from my searches, so I appreciate any feedback! Thanks!
I’ve seen many times on reddit that garage door springs can kill you and that you should always hire a professional to fix one. Well, one of mine broke this weekend and when my wife asked me to fix it my first reacting was “no f-ing way, I’ll call someone”. But I took a look and couldn’t figure out why it would be so dangerous. Did some youtube-ing and realized that there are two types of springs - torsion and extension.
I have extension, which is the kind that runs the same direction as the door movement and is only under tension when the door is closed. Since the whole repair takes place with the door open, and with some confidence after watching a few videos, I decided to replace them myself. Overall it was pretty easy, as long as you pay attention and don’t get the wires tangled. I did stay very far away when operating the door for the first time.
So my question is did I unknowingly just risk my life, or is the advice about hiring a pro for garage springs only applicable to the torsion type?
So, I knew about the Rambox issues buying this Power Wagon but it was brand new off the truck otherwise I wouldn't have chose one with it.
Anyone have the Torsion Springs in the ramboxes break or come undone? Passenger side is out of place at the moment after a loud snap. Now the torsion spring doesn't hold the lid open. Thoughts? Covered by warranty hopefully?
Is there any simple alternatives I can use, because it makes feeding very annoying since I lost it
Ok, one of my garage door springs broke, I’ve done all the measurements, it’s 38” long unsprung, 2.62 dia wire, and 1 3/4 inside dia of the spring. The door is an old wooded door 16x7, is there any advantage to going to a 40” spring?
What is the difference in going to a 2” spring vs the 1 3/4? (please don’t say a 1/4”)
How hard are these to replace? I’ve already taken the tension off of the other side (it was 27 1/4 turns), everyone says to hire it out because the springs are dangerous, but it doesn’t seem too bad to me…
I had a grage door torsion spring break. I am pretty handy and feel like i can replace them my self. Also have a friend who used to work on garage doors to help if i get in over my head.
The issue i am running into is finding an exact replace my torsion spring. Does it matter if i get a spring that is slightly bigger wire size and length? In my mind it would be ok and just extend the life of the spring but i am not sure on that. Thanks for all the help!
Update: so after reading all of the comments I did my research and found a garage door company who taught me how measure my springs to make sure I got an equivalent spring. Decided to go with a longer life spring so I don’t have to deal with this again for a while. Decided to also replace them my self. The springs I ordered came with winding bars and after watching a few videos I gave it a shot. Install went great and still got all my fingers. Thanks for all the advice. I will say I could see how it could be dangerous but if you take your time and are careful with it I think it’s totally fine. Thanks y’all!
