Garage Door Service, Installation & Repair Experts for garage door repair company Erlanger, KY. Phone +1 513-821-5095. Commercial & Residential Repairs.

Here at Cincinnati Door & Opener Inc, we offer support services night and day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our specialist and expert service technicians are educated and certified to deliver superior services to our consumers.

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Cincinnati Door & Opener Inc

11 Techview Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45215, United States

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+1 513-821-5095

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Mon-Fri : 8am-4:30pm Sat : 9am-12pm

Measuring springs can be difficult; most individuals, even garage door technicians, in some cases have difficulty measuring torsion springs. Buying inaccurate springs wastes time and money. If you are unsure if your door had the right springs, we suggest that you weigh your door using an analog scale. From my own field experience I would approximate that at least 10% of the doors have the incorrect springs on them. We like to improve the garage door balance. A third choice is to identify the door size and design number. After you collect the necessary information you can order garage door springs.

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Leading Prior to getting going on the replacement, it is necessary that we begin these directions with our sternest caution: CAUTION! Replacing garage door torsion springs threatens because the springs are under stress. You might also damage property. We desire your service, however not at the expenditure of your well being. Getting the job done right is your obligation. If you have any doubts about your capability to securely change your springs, we recommend you work with an expert to fix 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 forefinger. A few years later on I had five stitches in my best thumb, and a year later on 5 stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency clinic staffs 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 made my last trip to the emergency clinic. Repairing garage doors, particularly replacing torsion springs, threatens work, whether you are a do-it-yourself house owner or a skilled specialist. It is impossible to cover every unsafe circumstance you might come across. Pay unique attention to the warnings that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to dangerous steps listed below that can result in physical injury, we recommend that you carefully study all the directions below prior to beginning your work. 2.1 Two important assumptions will assist you perform this replacement safely. Initially, presume that the springs are going to break as you loosen up 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 take off as you relax 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 does not rip your flesh or wrap 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, nevertheless, 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 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 exact same is 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 have actually had a number of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one creating an$ 1800 emergency clinic costs.

If your cones resemble 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 remove 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 challenging, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Top Collect the materials and tools needed for altering the springs safely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll need a minimum of a couple of 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and two 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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