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Here at Lester's Garage Doors, we provide support services night and day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our specialist and trained technicians are trained and certified to offer top-notch 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 difficult; most people, even garage door service technicians, in some cases have difficulty determining torsion springs. Purchasing incorrect springs wastes time and money. If you are not exactly sure if your door had the right springs, we recommend that you weigh your door using 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 third choice is to determine the door size and design number. After you collect the needed info you can order garage door springs.

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Top Prior to beginning on the replacement, it is important that we begin these guidelines with our sternest warning: CAUTION! Replacing garage door torsion springs is unsafe since the springs are under stress. You could likewise damage property. We desire your company, however not at the expenditure of your well being. Getting the job done right is your responsibility. If you have any doubts about your capability to safely alter your springs, we suggest you hire an expert to repair your garage door. Safety 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 ideal thumb, and a year later five stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency clinic staffs dug steel out of my eye and stitched up my ring finger with eight stitches. I am not so naive regarding think that I have actually made my last trip to the emergency room. Repairing garage doors, especially changing torsion springs, threatens work, whether you are a diy property owner or a skilled specialist. It is impossible to cover every dangerous situation you may come across. Pay special attention to the cautions that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to harmful steps below that can lead to physical injury, we advise that you carefully study all the instructions below before starting your work. 2.1 Two crucial assumptions will assist you perform this replacement safely. First, presume that the springs are going to break as you unwind or wind them. Keep clothes and body parts far from the springs. Wear shatterproof glass. 2.2 2nd, presume that the cone will slip or blow up as you relax and wind the spring. Keep your head out of the path 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 cover your clothing and body parts into the spring. These older Crawford and Mc Kee torsion spring cones were produced 5/8 “bars. In some cases, however, the holes are too little 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 utilized 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 exact 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 4 inches. I’ve had much of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one producing an$ 1800 emergency space expense.

If your cones are like any of these, or if they have more than 2″ of play, leave the job of setting up torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic. Some older openers are hardwired and you will need to remove 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 require to eliminate the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not recommend replacing torsion springs with the garage door open. Extending the springs the width of eight or 9 coils is challenging, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Top Collect the supplies and tools required 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 two 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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