Garage Door Spring Replacement

Are you looking for a garage door spring replacement?  It’s pretty common for the garage door spring to snap and thus prevent your garage from functioning properly.  If you’re looking for a garage door spring replacement though I should warn you, it’s very dangerous to go in and try to fix this yourself when dealing with springs that are under tension, so unless you know what you’re doing you should probably have a professional take care of it.

With that being said, if you do decide to go along with it, once you go ahead and purchase the garage door spring replacement, you’re going to get 2 large coils as well as some rods in the package.  The rods are there to help you release the tension in the old springs you’re trying to replace as well as tighten the tension in the new springs you’re about to install. 

The side of the spring where you are to use the rod is known as the “cone” and often times its red in color and at the tail end of the spring.  There are holes in the cone which allow for the rod to be inserted so that the spring can be wound up or wound down, you just stick the bar in at a 90 degree angle to the spring and start turning.  As far as what the other end of the spring does, it remains stationary and screwed in to the end of the garage door.

Now when you’re going to replace the broken spring, here’s what you’re going to have to do:

1.  Get some help to lift the door until it’s open all the way, then put some Vise Grips into the track right below the last roller on the track (on the side with the broken spring)

2. Take out the broken spring and replace the sheaves/pulleys if you find they are worn out.

3. Have a look at the way the cable is woven into the sheaves and once you’ve got the gist of it, get your garage door spring replacement and install it.  Do make sure that the spring isn’t stretched more than 1” when the door is fully open.

4. Go and replace the other spring that wasn’t broken in the same way described above.

5. Take out the Vise Grips and bring the garage door down carefully.  When the door is almost down, make note that the sheaves on the end of the spring don’t touch the other fixed sheave, if they do, you stretched the spring too far.

6. Check where the spring is anchored in and make sure there’s no risk of them coming out of their moorings.

7. Ensure that you have a safety cable installed which goes through the springs and keeps them in place if the break.  If they’re not restrained, it’s possible they can go through the wall or roof when they break from all the tension.

So hopefully that gives you an idea of what you’re going to be doing once you get a hold of your garage door spring replacement.  A good place to look for them is online as you can often find better deals that way.