How To Change Out A Garage Door Spring

Test the spring by lifting the door about 3 feet.

How to change out a garage door spring.

If a door has tension springs on them it should be taken down when it is in the up position. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. The torsion garage door springs will be located on either side of the center of the door frame while extension springs are on swing out arms placed on either side of the door itself. The doors with two springs are easy to replace.

We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. 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. Extension garage door springs extension springs expand and contract when your garage door is lowered or raised by motor or by hand.

A pair of new springs cost about 25. There are two types of garage door springs. 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. If the door remains in place the replacement was a.

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. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. Each door is different some need to be taken out when they are in the up position and some when they are in the down position. It is very important that there is no tension on the door when taking it apart.

A couple of carabiners can. Garage door springs can be easily broken making the garage door difficult to open or even putting the vehicle or driver at risk by dropping on them. Based on a two spring system this is the safest type of garage door spring because the springs are situated inside the shaft.