How To Replace A Spring In Garage Door

Take up the left garage door spring and put it by the left side of the door.

How to replace a spring in garage door. If you have an older opener you may need to remove a fuse or flip. On one piece doors with side springs you open the door to relieve the spring tension and simply swap out the springs on the opener arm mechanism. A safety cable is threaded through the spring to. 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.

Once in place disconnect the garage door. Disconnect the spring from the track bracket and the spring pulley. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Unplug the power cord to your garage door opener.

The left spring should have the wire coiling from the left the right spring should have the wire coiling from the right. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place. Some garage door openers have a neutral position for the trolley disconnect. Disengage the opener from the door.

There are no cables or pulleys to deal with and the springs have internal safety rods.