How To Install A Single Garage Door Torsion Spring

How to install a single torsion spring assembly.

How to install a single garage door torsion spring.

This video applies t. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. If your cones are like any of these or if they have more than 2 of play get new cones or leave the job of installing torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic. Failure to install the torsion springs on the correct side will cause your door to function improperly and could result in serious injury.

The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to install a standard garage door torsion spring assembly on a new garage door or on a door that previously used extension springs torquemaster springs or ez set torsion springs. I ve had many of the older cones spin loose from my bars the last one generating an 1800 emergency room bill. Garage door springs come in two styles. Black winding cone torsion springs are used on the right side of the door and red winding cone torsion springs are used on the left side of the door when viewing the door from the inside looking out.

Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track.