How To Balance A Garage Door With Torsion Springs

Pull down on the emergency release handle to disconnect the door from the opener track.

How to balance a garage door with torsion springs.

The torsion spring helps the garage door open and close easily. Open it just as wide as you can without hitting the garage door opener s stop bolt and place a clamp on the track on both sides to keep the door in. Weighing your garage door is the best possible way to determine the proper springs needed for the door. A garage door uses a spring system to counter balance the weight of the garage door.

The springs are located at the top inside part of the garage door. The bar also has a pulley at each end through which the garage door cables that open and close it pass. Locate the torsion springs on the bar above the garage door. There are two torsion springs at each side of the garage door.

When the door is closed and at rest the torsion spring stores enormous amounts of energy and when you want the door to open the spring helps by uncoiling and releasing that energy. Long and heavy springs attached to the upper portion of the door are called extension springs. Adjusting an extension spring door. Numerous websites and videos showing you how to change them yourself using galvanized or oil soaked some will count the number of coils within a certain measurement to determine the wire diameter of the torsion spring some will use a spring gauge to determine the wire diameter of the torsion spring.

Torsion springs store energy by coiling tightly as the door as the door closes. Close the garage door. Look at the wall just above the garage door. With an extension spring door the goal is to take all the tension off the door before you even think about touching a spring you can do this by opening the door all the way and propping it up with a ladder.

Door weights 150lbs and under will be shipped with 1 high cycle life torsion spring. Check for the door balance and level. A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem. Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease.

We will use the corrispoding weight you ordered to customize the perfect spring s to balance your garage door. Spot the bar that runs parallel to the top of the garage door and has 2 springs on it. There are many schools of thought about garage door torsion springs and their replacement.