Local Garage Door Repair & Sales Experts for Commercial Garage Door Repair Agoura Hills, CA. Call +1 805-644-5482. Commercial & Residential Maintenance.

Here at PSS Garage Doors & Gates, we provide support services night and day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our skilled and trained service technicians are educated and certified to supply first-class services to our clients.

Contact Us

PSS Garage Doors & Gates

1441 Callens Rd, Ventura, CA 93003, United States

Telephone

+1 805-644-5482

Hours

Mon-Fri : 8am-5pm

Measuring springs can be challenging; most people, even garage door service technicians, in some cases have difficulty determining torsion springs. Purchasing inaccurate springs lose time and cash. If you are unsure if your door had the right springs, we advise 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 alternative is to figure out the door size and design number. After you collect the essential information you can buy garage door springs.

Back to.

Leading Prior to beginning on the replacement, it is essential that we begin these instructions with our sternest caution: CARE! Replacing garage door torsion springs threatens due to the fact that the springs are under stress. You might likewise harm home. We want your organisation, but not at the expense of your well being. Doing the job right is your obligation. If you have any doubts about your capability 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 forefinger. A few 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 sewed up 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, threatens work, whether you are a diy homeowner or a knowledgeable service technician. It is impossible to cover every unsafe situation you might experience. Pay unique attention to the warnings that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to harmful steps listed below that can lead to physical injury, we recommend that you thoroughly study all the guidelines below before beginning your work. 2.1 Two essential assumptions will assist you execute this replacement securely. Initially, assume that the springs are going to break as you loosen up or wind them. Keep clothing and body parts away from the springs. Use safety glasses. 2.2 2nd, presume that the cone will slip or take off 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 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 made for 5/8 “bars. In some cases, 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 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 insert a 1/2 “X 18” bar in some of these holes you can move the opposite end of the bar over 4 inches. I’ve had a number of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one generating an$ 1800 emergency situation 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 require 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 disconnect. On older openers you might require to remove the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not advise replacing torsion springs with the garage door open. Stretching the springs the width of 8 or 9 coils is difficult, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Leading Gather the materials and tools needed for altering the springs safely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll need a minimum of one or two 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and 2 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

Call Now