How To Install Garage Door Springs

Do not try to remove the extension spring that is not broken when the garage door is closed.

How to install garage door springs.

One cable attaches to the bottom of the door runs up and over the pulley above the door and around the spring pulley and then attaches to the door track bracket. A couple of carabiners can. One at the end of each spring and one at the top of the vertical door track they also have two cables on each side. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves.

Our springs are made to be a bit flexible so you don t have to get it to an exact measurement. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Since extension springs are determined by how much weight they each lift and the pulley system cuts this in half you need to replace your old springs with 200 pound extension springs. There are two types of garage door springs.

This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. The doors with two springs are easy to replace. In order to replace your garage door spring s you will need to find the current measurements in order to accurately replace the spring s.