How To Install A Single Garage Door Torsion Spring

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.

How to install a single garage door torsion spring.

In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Bars in newer cones move less than 1 1 2. Garage door springs come in two styles.

I ve had many of the older cones spin loose from my bars the last one generating an 1800 emergency room bill. This video applies t. Preventing garage door damage whenever a torsion spring is installed it is stretched horizontally along the shaft to keep the coils from binding. If your cones are like any of these or if they have more than 2 of play get new cones or leave the job of installing torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic.

How to install a single torsion spring assembly.