How To Replace A Spring In Garage Door

The left spring should have the wire coiling from the left the right spring should have the wire coiling from the right.

How to replace a spring in garage door.

There are no cables or pulleys to deal with and the springs have internal safety rods. If you have an older opener you may need to remove a fuse or flip. On one piece doors with side springs you open the door to relieve the spring tension and simply swap out the springs on the opener arm mechanism. A safety cable is threaded through the spring to.

Once in place disconnect the garage door. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Replace extension garage door springs by following these steps. Disconnect the spring from the track bracket and the spring pulley.

Some garage door openers have a neutral position for the trolley disconnect. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place. Take up the left garage door spring and put it by the left side of the 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.

Unplug the power cord to your garage door opener.