How To Fix Old Garage Door Spring

This video is to inform you of a type of spring and bracket that exists on one piece garage doors with a jam pivot style design.

How to fix old garage door spring.

Install the new spring reinstall the pulley and reconnect the safety cable and you re done. This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable. Lubricate the spring with garage door lubricant then remove the clamp from the garage door. Put on eye.

Diy garage door repair and save money. Open the door to relieve the spring tension and secure it open with c clamps in the tracks. Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way. Position a sturdy ladder to the side of the springs rather than working directly in front of them for safety reasons.

The general process is simple and safe. This system is unsafe and sh. Retest the door balance as you did in step 1. Disconnect the spring from the track bracket and the spring pulley and disconnect the safety cable from one end.

Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger. If it was opening too quickly move it to the next lower hole. If the door remains in place the replacement was a. Use locking pliers or a c clamp to secure the door to the track to keep it from opening when you release the tension on the springs 1 x research sourcestep 2 loosen the set screws while holding each spring with a winding bar.

Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums. Test the spring by lifting the door about 3 feet. Disconnect the garage door opener so the door remains closed. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l.

Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves. Step 1 unplug the garage door opener and clamp the door to the track.