This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair.
How to fix a roll up garage door spring.
The spring should be pinned to the shaft prior to rollup but not attached to the end plate.
To replace your roll up door spring you ll need.
Then attach the springs.
Take the spring with you to the store so that you can choose the right size.
A light gauge rollup door needs to actually be rolled up manually with the spring not yet attached.
Insert the end of a winding bar into the lower hole on the spring adjuster.
3 8 and 5 16 nut drivers.
As the door is rolled down the spring will be charged.
7 16 and 1 2 wrenches.
You may need to put approximatelty one revolution on the spring before bolting.
In the following section we ll show you how to replace a garage door opener.
Spring replacement with removal of door assembly.
Hold the other end of the bar with one hand and loosen the lock nuts on the adjuster with a 3 8 inch open end wrench.
Tighten them as needed and then spray each of the garage door springs with spray lubricant to help decrease the friction of the new door springs.
Clamp a locking pliers or a c clamp to the track just above one of the rollers.
Once the door is rolled up the spring can be stretched to the end plate and bolted.
Unscrew the appliance garage from the wall or upper cabinet and slide it away from its original location.
Enter the unit with a ladder and manually roll the door up.
Ratchet with 7 16 and 1 2 sockets.
Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair.
Loosen the silver pipe wrench and pull down on the orange pipe wrench to loosen the spring more.
Continue this process until the spring is loose and is not transferring its torque along the shaft to the pipe wrenches.
Sometimes the problem with your garage door can be traced to the opener.
To adjust the tension pull the cable and reknot the end to shorten or lengthen the cable.