How To Change Garage Door Opener Spring

Wear eye protection and leather gloves throughout the garage door spring replacement project.

How to change garage door opener spring. Disconnect the opener from the door by pulling the dangling handle. Snap one of the vise grip pliers on the vertical track just above one of the. Climb up on a sturdy ladder beside the winding cone at the end of. Step off the ladder and move it off to the side before unclamping the door and testing the balance.

One at the end of each spring and one at the top of the vertical door track they also have two cables on each side. With the door closed unplug the garage door opener. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. Place the new garage door springs against the garage door position the springs so that the ends are facing you and coming from opposite directions.

Take up the left garage door spring and put it by the left side of the door. 2 loosen the set screws while holding each spring with a winding bar. The left spring should have the wire coiling from the left the right spring should have the wire coiling from the right. Unplug the opener and clamp the garage door to the track so that the door cannot open when the tension is released on the springs.

One cable attaches to the bottom of the door runs up and over the pulley above the door and around the spring pulley and then attaches to the door track bracket.