How To Install A Torsion Bar Garage Door

We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story.

How to install a torsion bar garage door. Flying off can damage cars other property or even a person who is in the garage when it happens. In the end scott got the door that he wanted installed along with a great liftmaster garage door opener. It is important that the torsion spring assembly be firmly and securely attached to the frame of the garage. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l.

Garage door springs come in two styles. But we ll show you garage door spring replacement on the more common torsion springs the kind that mount on a bar above the garage door. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. Two 1 2 diameter 18 long cold rolled solid steel winding bars note.

If it does start to slip rest the bar against the top of the garage door insert a bar in the next hole and turn the plug up enough to allow you to push the marked bar back into place. This oem spring replacement system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process. Just a video showing how to change out broken garage door torsion springs with new ones. What was once a job exclusively for trained garage door professionals clopay s ez set torsion spring system makes torsion spring installation faster and easier for the do it yourselfer.

Installation of rear torsion spring system. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Winding bars are available at most hardware stores 4. When torsion springs break they don t fly off like extension springs can.

Diy garage door repair and save money. Part 1 of 2. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring.