Local Garage Door Repair & Sales Pros for garage door repair costs Fort White, FL. Phone +1 352-372-6479. Commercial & Residential Maintenance.

Here at Lester's Garage Doors, we offer support services night and day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our specialist and trained service technicians are taught and certified to provide top-level services to our clients.

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Lester's Garage Doors

720 SE 9th Pl, Gainesville, FL 32601

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+1 352-372-6479

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Mon-Fri : 8am-4pm

Measuring springs can be hard; most people, even garage door service technicians, often have problem determining torsion springs. Ordering inaccurate springs lose time and money. If you are unsure if your door had the correct springs, we suggest 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 incorrect springs on them. We like to improve the garage door balance. A 3rd alternative is to determine the door size and model number. After you gather the necessary info you can buy garage door springs.

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Top Prior to beginning on the replacement, it is necessary that we start these guidelines with our sternest warning: CAUTION! Changing garage door torsion springs is hazardous due to the fact that the springs are under stress. You might likewise harm property. We want your business, but not at the cost of your well being. Getting the job done right is your obligation. If you have any doubts about your ability to safely alter your springs, we advise you hire a professional to fix your garage door. Security First! Then work. In spite of my high mechanical ability, even after 18 years in the trade I lost the end of my left index finger. A few years later on I had five stitches in my best thumb, and a year later 5 stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency room personnels dug steel out of my eye and stitched up my ring finger with eight stitches. I am not so naive as to think that I have made my last trip to the emergency clinic. Repairing garage doors, especially replacing torsion springs, threatens work, whether you are a diy homeowner or a knowledgeable specialist. It is difficult to cover every unsafe situation you may experience. Pay unique attention to the cautions that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to dangerous actions listed below that can lead to physical injury, we advise that you carefully study all the instructions listed below before beginning your work. 2.1 2 important presumptions will assist you execute this replacement safely. Initially, assume that the springs are going to break as you unwind or wind them. Keep clothes and body parts away from the springs. Use shatterproof glass. 2.2 Second, assume that the cone will slip or explode as you loosen up and wind the spring. Keep your go out of the course of the winding cone. Keep your hands far from the cones so that if and when the winding bar slips out of the cone and your hand jerks up, the cone doesn’t rip your flesh or cover your clothing and body parts into the spring. These older Crawford and Mc Kee torsion spring cones were produced 5/8 “bars. Often, however, the holes are too little for 5/8” bars. Whatever you do, don’t utilize a 1/2 “bar; instead, grind down a 5/8″ bar to fit. I recently had a Mc Kee spring let loose after winding because I used a 1/2″ bar when my 5/8” bar wouldn’t fit. The only safe method to replace these older springs is to make.

a winding bar for each hole of each cone. 2.4 The very same holds true of Older Overhead, Bar Col and Raynor torsion springs that have winding cones with inconsistent hole sizes. If you insert a 1/2 “X 18” bar in some of these holes you can move the opposite end of the bar over four inches. I’ve had a number of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one generating an$ 1800 emergency clinic costs.

If your cones are like any of these, or if they have more than 2″ of play, leave the task of installing torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic. Some older openers are hardwired and you will need to get rid of a fuse or turn the breaker. 2.6 Disengage the opener from the door. Some garage door openers have a neutral position for the trolley detach. On older openers you may need to get rid of the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not suggest changing torsion springs with the garage door open. Extending the springs the width of 8 or nine coils is tough, and leveling the garage door can likewise be challenging. Back to Top Collect the materials and tools required for altering the springs securely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll require a minimum of one or two 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and 2 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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