Change Garage Door Spring Video

If both springs are the same length the garage door should be level across the floor.

Change garage door spring video.

The doors with two springs are easy to replace. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more. In this video you ll learn how to spot and replace a garage door extension spring. 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.

A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped. There are two types of garage door springs. If the door remains in place the replacement was a. This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them.

Lubricate the spring with garage door lubricant then remove the clamp from the garage door. But we ll show you garage door spring replacement on the more common torsion springs the kind that mount on a bar above the garage door. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story. 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.

A pair of new springs cost about 25. 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. If the extension springs are not the same length open the garage door and change the location of one of the s hooks so that when you close the door both springs are the same length. Test the spring by lifting the door about 3 feet.

Be sure the door is open and supported when doing this.