How To Chage Springs On Garage Door

Place the new garage door springs against the garage door position the springs so that the ends are facing you and coming from opposite directions.

How to chage springs on garage door. 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. Once in place disconnect the garage door opener. The left spring should have the wire coiling from the left the right spring should have the wire coiling from the right. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves.

Take up the left garage door spring and put it by the left side of the door. Place scale under the garage door on the side of the door with the broken extension spring. 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. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place.