Too Much Spring On Tilt Up Garage Door

If the door raises too quickly the tension is too tight and the automatic opener must work too hard to close the door.

Too much spring on tilt up garage door.

You may wish to work on your garage door extension spring with your garage door up. The other end is attached to a pulley through which the garage door cable is threaded. The solution to replacing a garage door spring is first identifying the problem. The full weight of a garage door can range from 150 to 800 lbs.

A single torsion spring system that is broken is bad news as it requires much more effort to open your door. 3 open the door fully to relieve the tension on the hinge springs at each. One end is a fixed attachment to the garage door track or wood frame. Simply disconnect these two attachments and reattach the new spring in the same way.

Otherwise it will fall breaking all of your windows. Be sure not to twist the garage door cable when reattaching the pulley. A spring that is too small or too large can damage your opener wear on your cables cause a safety hazard and more. Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension.

If you do so you need to clamp vice grips on the door. Or more so you will require enough strong people to help you with this. A properly fitted spring or springs will create a safe balanced garage door.