How To Repair Garage Door Springs

As you might have guessed from the name, torsion springs are thought to be the riskier model to deal with. Torsion springs can be worked with, but if you don’t know what you’re doing and don’t pay close attention to the procedure, it may be quite harmful. You want the energy that is stored by these torsion springs to remain contained and away from you. You must keep in mind that they are always under pressure. It’s just safer and quicker to call a professional unless you are completely at ease; we do encourage this.

If you’re going to replace torsion springs, then you’re going to need a winding bar, which can be used to quickly twist and untwist the springs to modify the degree of torsion. Each torsion spring has a winding cone at the end of it. The winding bar attaches here and may turn the entire spring. To gradually release them, you’ll need on spin the bar while applying pressure to the door with the spring.

When you replace torsion springs, you’ll need to have the door closed. On a door, there are often just two torsion springs, so if one of them is completely broken, you’ve already made some progress! It will only be necessary to wind up the new springs and install them on the door after the old springs have been unwound and removed from the door. It’s much simpler to find a video lesson on how to precisely screw and unscrew the springs from the door if you need more detailed instructions.