How I Replaced Deadly Garage Door Torsion Springs

See how dangerous a garage door spring can be.

How i replaced deadly garage door torsion springs.

There are two torsion springs at each side of the garage door. Residential torsion springs are stretched 1 8 to 1 4. Here are the dangers of diy garage door spring replacement. The torsion spring helps the garage door open and close easily.

Torque master torsion spring. Garage door springs pose an eminent threat to life as their injuries are normally fatal in nature. Larger commercial and industrial overhead garage door torsion springs are stretched as much as an inch. The springs are located at the top inside part of the garage door.

The torsion principle is applied via an efficient and economical apparatus consisting of a torsion shaft under spring torsion which turns lift drums which wind cables attached to the door near the bottom. Based on a two spring system this is the safest type of garage door spring because the springs are situated inside the shaft. Don t have an accident playing with garage door springs. That s why the whole spring tasks should be left to technicians.

Threat to your life. Replacing the garage door spring is an easy process but a dangerous one. Torsion springs are devices that lift most of the weight of a garage door so that the door can be opened manually or by an electric opener. If the garage door spring snakes after tightening the set screws repeat the process and stretch the spring half as much as before.