Installing A Garage Door Extension Spring

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Installing a garage door extension spring.

The videos have been broken into segments to make downloading easier. Extension springs the other kind of garage door springs are torsion springs run alongside the upper garage door tracks the ones that run parallel to the ceiling and stretch or extend out and back to help lift the garage door. Home owners can replace an extension springs safely by following these steps. There are two types of garage door springs.

The doors with two springs are easy to replace. Be sure the door is open and supported when doing this. Complete instruction to repair a broken garage door spring. Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door.

Clopay garage door installation videos. If the extension springs are not the same length open the garage door and change the location of one of the s hooks so that when you close the door both springs are the same length. Knowing garage door clearance requirements will help you avoid ordering the wrong garage door set up for your needs. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track.

If both springs are the same length the garage door should be level across the floor. How to safely install clopay overhead garage door ez set extension springs. Following are the steps necessary to replace one or more of these springs while taking safety precautions. Garage door springs come in two styles.

These videos will help you with the installation of your new clopay garage doors. Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring.