Garage Door Installation Instructions Torsion Spring

Garage door springs must be properly balanced to operate efficiently and they can experience a reduction in tension over time.

Garage door installation instructions torsion spring.

When the door is closed the spring is wound. Begin by turning the spring up 1 4 turn until it meets resistance. The torsion springs on steel rolling doors work the same way as other torsion springs in the garage door industry. Supplemental instructions torsion spring installation this is a supplement to the residential garage door instructions referred to as the manual.

Signs that can indicate the need for a garage door spring repair or replacement include. For doors over 8 tall contact amarr garage doors sec on 5 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 bottom 1 1 roller hinge 2 track step 1. It covers installation of torsion springs step 14 of the manual. The opening must be framed with 2 x 6 minimum wood jambs.

The spring is secured to a spring anchor bracket on one end and to the shaft on the other. Release the tension on side mounted extension springs by lifting the door and locking it in place on each side with a pair of locking pliers. You will be winding up on the torsion spring. For all other information and safety warnings concerning your garage door see the manual.

Slip the torsion springs onto the spring tube the red winding cone on the left end the nylon center bearing center bearing plate and the black winding cone torsion spring on the right end fig. Tie the extension spring to the roller track then detach the cable from the bottom bracket with a pair of pliers. Framing the opening the garage door opening should be approximately the same size as the door figure 1. Torsion spring and opener.

Many garage door servicemen mark the springs with chalk or paint but you can probably wind the springs in the time it would take me to explain how to read the marks. This is your first quarter turn.