How To Replace A Garage Door Springs

These directions are designed for torsion springs mounted to both sides of an anchor bracket above the middle of the garage door as pictured above.

How to replace a 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 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. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves. Replacing garage door springs takes 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the type and size of the garage door and number of springs.

Replacing torsion springs is the more difficult and potentially dangerous task. Replace torsion garage door springs by following these steps. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. The following instructions for replacing garage door springs are for do it yourself homeowners and for maintenance repair men who service their smaller commercial or industrial sectional overhead doors.

Old garage doors with several failing parts take up to two hours to replace. A garage door spring tune up takes 10 to 15 minutes per door.