Local Garage Door Repair & Sales Pros for Garage Door Repair Ft Mitchell, KY. Phone +1 513-821-5095. Commercial & Residential Maintenance.

Here at Cincinnati Door & Opener Inc, we provide support services day and night, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our specialist and reliable technicians are trained and certified to provide excellent services to our clients.

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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 hard; most people, even garage door professionals, sometimes have trouble determining torsion springs. Purchasing incorrect springs wastes time and money. If you are not sure if your door had the appropriate springs, we suggest that you weigh your door utilizing an analog scale. From my own field experience I would estimate that a minimum of 10% of the doors have the incorrect springs on them. We like to enhance the garage door balance. A 3rd alternative is to identify the door size and design number. After you gather the necessary info you can buy garage door springs.

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Top Before beginning on the replacement, it is essential that we start these instructions with our sternest caution: CAUTION! Replacing garage door torsion springs is hazardous due to the fact that the springs are under tension. You might likewise damage residential or commercial property. We want your organisation, but not at the expense of your well being. Doing the task right is your duty. If you have any doubts about your ability to safely alter your springs, we recommend you hire an expert to repair 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 couple of years later I had 5 stitches in my right thumb, and a year later five stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency situation room personnels dug steel out of my eye and sewed up my ring finger with 8 stitches. I am not so ignorant regarding believe that I have actually made my last journey to the emergency clinic. Fixing garage doors, especially changing torsion springs, is unsafe work, whether you are a diy property owner or a knowledgeable service technician. It is difficult to cover every hazardous situation you might experience. Pay special attention to the warnings that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to dangerous steps below that can lead to physical injury, we recommend that you carefully study all the instructions below prior to beginning your work. 2.1 2 important presumptions will assist you execute this replacement safely. First, 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 security glasses. 2.2 Second, assume that the cone will slip or take off as you loosen up and wind the spring. Keep your head 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 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. Often, however, the holes are too little for 5/8” bars. Whatever you do, don’t 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 due to the fact that 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 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 a few 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 producing an$ 1800 emergency situation space 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 an expert garage door mechanic. Some older openers are hardwired and you will require to remove a fuse or flip 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 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 9 coils is challenging, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Top Gather the supplies and tools required for altering the springs safely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll require a minimum of one or two 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and 2 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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