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Here at Lester's Garage Doors, we provide services day and night, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our skilled and reliable technicians are taught 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

Determining springs can be difficult; most individuals, even garage door professionals, often have trouble measuring torsion springs. Buying incorrect springs wastes time and cash. If you are uncertain 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 improve the garage door balance. A 3rd choice is to figure out the door size and model number. After you collect the essential details you can purchase garage door springs.

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Leading Before starting on the replacement, it is vital that we start these directions with our sternest warning: CARE! Changing garage door torsion springs threatens because the springs are under stress. You might likewise harm property. We desire your business, but not at the expense of your well being. Getting the job done right is your responsibility. If you have any doubts about your capability to securely change your springs, we recommend you hire an expert to repair 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 index finger. A few years later on I had five stitches in my right thumb, and a year later on five stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency clinic personnels dug steel out of my eye and finished my ring finger with 8 stitches. I am not so ignorant as to think that I have actually made my last trip to the emergency clinic. Repairing garage doors, especially changing torsion springs, is dangerous work, whether you are a do-it-yourself house owner or an experienced professional. It is impossible to cover every dangerous scenario you might encounter. Pay unique attention to the warnings that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to harmful actions below that can lead to bodily injury, we recommend that you thoroughly study all the directions below prior to beginning your work. 2.1 Two crucial presumptions will assist you perform this replacement safely. Initially, assume that the springs are going to break as you relax or wind them. Keep clothes and body parts far from the springs. Use security glasses. 2.2 2nd, assume that the cone will slip or take off as you loosen up and wind the spring. Keep your head 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 wrap your clothes 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, do not utilize a 1/2 “bar; rather, grind down a 5/8″ bar to fit. I just recently had a Mc Kee spring let loose after winding since I utilized a 1/2″ bar when my 5/8” bar would not 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 very same is 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 many of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one producing an$ 1800 emergency situation space costs.

If your cones are like any of these, or if they have more than 2″ of play, leave the job of installing torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic. Some older openers are hardwired and you will need to remove 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 detach. On older openers you might need to remove the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not recommend changing torsion springs with the garage door open. Stretching the springs the width of eight or nine coils is difficult, and leveling the garage door can likewise be challenging. Back to Leading Gather the products and tools needed for changing the springs securely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll need a minimum of a couple of 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and 2 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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