How To Install Garage Door Springs Video
In order to replace your garage door spring s you will need to find the current measurements in order to accurately replace the spring s.
How to install garage door springs video. Screw on the top hinges and rollers. Do not try to remove the extension spring that is not broken when the garage door is closed. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Feed steel cable over the pulleys at the end of the track.
Set top door panel in place and secure it with hinge screws. Secure cable end to bracket. To learn more about installing clopay garage doors go to our garage door installation overview. The videos have been broken into segments to make downloading easier.
The doors with two springs are easy to replace. A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped. Clopay garage door installation videos. A pair of new springs cost about 25.
Hook the garage door spring onto door track bracket. There are two types of garage door springs. Since extension springs are determined by how much weight they each lift and the pulley system cuts this in half you need to replace your old springs with 200 pound extension springs. Open the door then tighten locking pliers onto the track to hold the door open.