How To Install Overhead Garage Door Torsion Springs

Torsion springs are the most common type of springs found in garages and can lift more weight than extension springs.

How to install overhead garage door torsion springs.

Larger commercial and industrial overhead garage door torsion springs are stretched as much as an inch. We can provide you with all the components you need and have an instructional video on how to replace the torsion springs. It doesn t get any easier than that. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring.

The winding cone should be tight enough so that when you pull down on the bar the garage door should begin to lift. Black winding cone torsion springs are used on the right side of the door and red winding cone torsion springs are used on the left side of the door when viewing the door from the inside looking out. Just a video showing how to change out broken garage door torsion springs with new ones. If your garage door springs are worn or even broken don t spend money on a professional installer.

In this video we show how to replace standard garage door torsion springs. Mounted horizontally above the opening garage door torsion springs are twisted as the door goes down storing energy in the process. The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to install a standard garage door torsion spring assembly on a new garage door or on a door that previously used extension springs torquemaster springs or ez set torsion springs. Part 1 of 2.

Your garage door. Failure to install the torsion springs on the correct side will cause your door to function improperly and could result in serious injury. When the spring unwinds the energy is released causing the door to rise. Garage door springs come in two styles.