Tightening Your Garage Door Spring

Adjusting and tightening the torsion spring may include the following things.

Tightening your garage door spring.

This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position. To adjust your garage door s side mounted springs first open your door fully and secure it in place with a c clamp below the bottom roller. This problem doesn t seem too damaging but an unbalanced door which doesn t operate evenly may cause serious. The springs extend along the shaft and work by twisting as the garage door closes by means of cables attached to each side of the lowest garage door panel.

Open it just as wide as you can without hitting the garage door opener s stop bolt and place a clamp on the track on both sides to keep the door in. Decreasing the tension in spring. Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track. This video applies t.

Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension.