How To Install Garage Door Springs Video

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.

How to install garage door springs video. The doors with two springs are easy to replace. Replacing torsion springs is the more difficult and potentially dangerous task. There are two types of garage door springs. In order to replace your garage door spring s you will need to find the current measurements in order to accurately replace the spring s.

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. A pair of new springs cost about 25. In this video you ll learn how to spot and replace a garage door extension spring. A couple of carabiners can.

Garage door springs come in two styles. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring.

Attempt the following steps only if you are a very.