Local Garage Door Repair & Sales Pros for garage door repair free estimate Alachua, FL. Phone +1 352-372-6479. Commercial & Residential Installation.

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

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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

Determining springs can be difficult; most people, even garage door professionals, sometimes have difficulty measuring torsion springs. Ordering inaccurate springs lose time and cash. If you are unsure if your door had the correct springs, we advise that you weigh your door using an analog scale. From my own field experience I would estimate that a minimum of 10% of the doors have the inaccurate springs on them. We like to enhance the garage door balance. A third alternative is to identify the door size and model number. After you collect the necessary details you can order garage door springs.

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Leading Before beginning on the replacement, it is essential that we begin these directions with our sternest warning: CARE! Changing garage door torsion springs is dangerous since the springs are under tension. You could also damage property. We want your organisation, however not at the expenditure of your well being. Getting the job done right is your duty. If you have any doubts about your ability to securely alter your springs, we advise you hire a professional to fix your garage door. Safety 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 on I had 5 stitches in my right thumb, and a year later on five stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency situation room personnels dug steel out of my eye and finished my ring finger with 8 stitches. I am not so naive as to think that I have made my last trip to the emergency room. Fixing garage doors, especially replacing torsion springs, threatens work, whether you are a diy house owner or a knowledgeable specialist. It is difficult to cover every harmful situation you may experience. Pay unique attention to the warnings that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to dangerous steps below that can result in physical injury, we recommend that you carefully study all the directions below before beginning your work. 2.1 Two essential presumptions will assist you perform this replacement safely. First, presume that the springs are going to break as you relax or wind them. Keep clothes and body parts far 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 path 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 does not rip your flesh or cover your clothing and body parts into the spring. These older Crawford and Mc Kee torsion spring cones were made for 5/8 “bars. Sometimes, however, the holes are too little for 5/8” bars. Whatever you do, do not utilize a 1/2 “bar; instead, grind down a 5/8″ bar to fit. I just recently had a Mc Kee spring let loose after winding because I utilized a 1/2″ bar when my 5/8” bar would not fit. The only safe way 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 irregular 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 have actually had much of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one generating an$ 1800 emergency clinic bill.

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 remove a fuse or turn the circuit 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 require to eliminate the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not recommend replacing torsion springs with the garage door open. Stretching the springs the width of eight or nine coils is tough, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Leading Gather the products and tools needed for changing the springs securely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll require a minimum of one or 2 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and 2 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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