If the garage door spring snakes after tightening the set screws repeat the process and stretch the spring half as much as before.
How to change garage door spring.
Replacing torsion springs is the more difficult and potentially dangerous task.
Larger commercial and industrial overhead garage door torsion springs are stretched as much as an inch.
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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.
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Garage door springs can be easily broken making the garage door difficult to open or even putting the vehicle or driver at risk by dropping on them.
Replace torsion garage door springs by following these steps.
The torsion garage door springs will be located on either side of the center of the door frame while extension springs are on swing out arms placed on either side of the door itself.
This video will show you how to replace the extension springs on your garage door.
Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves.