High Cycle Garage Door Torsion Springs

A cycle life is one open and close of a garage door.

High cycle garage door torsion springs.

Garage door torsion spring lasts 7 10 years based on average use. Winding bars are 18 in length and are also advised when winding and un winding springs. The installation and the number of turns are the same as the existing spring. All springs come with a free nylon center bushing.

High cycle springs are achieved with an increase in wire size length and diameter. Torsion spring s for torsion systems set above the garage door. Did you know that torsion springs account for over 95 of the lift that is needed to raise a garage door. Looking for a specfic torsion spring.

A high cycle spring is a re engineered spring base on your existing spring measurements see steps 1 thru 4 creating a dimensionally larger spring. A high cycle spring has the same ippt inch pounds per turn or torque as the existing spring but has 50 less stress when fully wound lasting 2x longer. Garage door torsion springs are rated by cycle life. By upgrading to high cycle garage door torsion springs you can double triple and even quadruple the life of your springs.

Just call to request a special order. With our easy to use torsion spring selection tool below you can find the spring you need quickly and or accurately upgrade to a spring with more cycles. The amount of cycles you choose should depend on how frequently you operate your door. The standard cycle life for a torsion spring on a garage door is 10 000 cycles.

The wire size or gauge of coil becomes thicker. What is a high cycle spring. For each individual spring we list the inch pounds per turn ippt and of turns to help you ensure that. Get the exact springs you need to fix your garage door with our helpful spring wizard tool.

Do you need new garage door torsion springs. Higher lifespan cost effectiveness. We have garage door torsion springs for any wire size or length up to 39 inches. What are high cycle springs.

We we offer a vast selection of wire and spring sizes and both left and right wind torsion springs. On average a 10 000 cycle rating can only give you a few years of service. Because of this continual stress torsion springs typically only last for 12 000 15 000 cycles from the original door producer. The length or coil increases.

We can fulfill orders for garage door torsion springs longer than 39 inches upon request. This means your spring should hold up for approximately 10 000 turns of the coil which equates to the garage door going up once and down once. As for the specs on high cycle springs the simple long and short of it is you will go up a wire size and add a few inches of spring length to convert to high cycle springs. If one garage door torsion spring is broken that probably means the other is about to fail which is why we recommend ordering replacement torsion springs in pairs.

A torsion spring is a type of helical steel spring that is mounted on garage doors designed to provide torque. If there are multiple springs on your garage door we strongly recommend replacing both torsion springs.