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Here at Mesa Garage Doors, we offer services day and night, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our qualified and reliable technicians are educated and certified to offer five-star services to our customers.

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Mesa Garage Doors

4915 E Hunter Ave, Anaheim, CA 92807, United States

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+1 714-560-7270

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Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm // Sat, 9am-3pm

Determining springs can be tough; most individuals, even garage door service technicians, often have difficulty measuring torsion springs. Buying incorrect springs lose time and cash. If you are not sure if your door had the proper springs, we recommend that you weigh your door utilizing an analog scale. From my own field experience I would approximate that a minimum of 10% of the doors have the inaccurate springs on them. We like to enhance the garage door balance. A 3rd choice is to figure out the door size and model number. After you gather the necessary information you can purchase garage door springs.

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Leading Before beginning on the replacement, it is important that we start these instructions with our sternest caution: CARE! Replacing garage door torsion springs is hazardous since the springs are under tension. You might also damage home. We want your business, but not at the expense of your well being. Doing the task right is your duty. If you have any doubts about your capability to safely change your springs, we suggest you work with a professional to fix your garage door. Security First! Then work. In spite of my high mechanical aptitude, even after 18 years in the trade I lost the end of my left forefinger. A couple of years later I had 5 stitches in my best thumb, and a year later five stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency clinic personnels dug steel out of my eye and finished my ring finger with eight stitches. I am not so ignorant as to think that I have actually made my last trip to the emergency situation space. Repairing garage doors, particularly changing torsion springs, threatens work, whether you are a do-it-yourself property owner or an experienced specialist. It is impossible to cover every unsafe scenario you may encounter. Pay unique attention to the warnings that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to harmful actions listed below that can result in bodily injury, we advise that you thoroughly study all the guidelines below before starting your work. 2.1 2 crucial assumptions will assist you perform this replacement safely. First, assume that the springs are going to break as you unwind or wind them. Keep clothes and body parts far from the springs. Use security glasses. 2.2 Second, assume that the cone will slip or blow up as you loosen up and wind the spring. Keep your go out of the course of the winding cone. Keep your hands away from the cones so that if and when the winding bar slips out of the cone and your hand jerks up, the cone does not rip your flesh or wrap your clothing and body parts into the spring. These older Crawford and Mc Kee torsion spring cones were produced 5/8 “bars. Often, nevertheless, the holes are too small for 5/8” bars. Whatever you do, don’t use a 1/2 “bar; instead, grind down a 5/8″ bar to fit. I recently had a Mc Kee spring let loose after winding since I used a 1/2″ bar when my 5/8” bar wouldn’t fit. The only safe method to change these older springs is to make.

a winding bar for each hole of each cone. 2.4 The same holds true of Older Overhead, Bar Col and Raynor torsion springs that have winding cones with inconsistent hole sizes. If you place a 1/2 “X 18” bar in a few of these holes you can move the opposite end of the bar over four inches. I have actually had much of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one producing an$ 1800 emergency situation space bill.

If your cones resemble any of these, or if they have more than 2″ of play, leave the job of setting up torsion springs to an expert garage door mechanic. Some older openers are hardwired and you will require to eliminate a fuse or flip the breaker. 2.6 Disengage the opener from the door. Some garage door openers have a neutral position for the trolley disconnect. On older openers you might require to get rid of the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not suggest replacing torsion springs with the garage door open. Extending the springs the width of 8 or nine coils is challenging, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Leading Gather the supplies and tools required for altering the springs securely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll need a minimum of one or two 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and two 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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