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Re: Garage door torsion springs
Posted by BobS (more from BobS) on Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:51:17
In Reply to: Garage door torsion springs, Snowmobile
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, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 02:34:31
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I have put the spring winding bars away, and do any work needed with the door open. This takes the load off the springs and allows the cables to be disconnected. The door can be moved back until the top rollers run off the top end of the track if need be. The main thing is to doubly secure the door with 4, 6" C clamps on the rails, trapping a roller on each side of the door. The door can be walked back by carefully moving the clamps in steps to limit the travel of the door. Double secure the door by tying it off with rope to the rail mounting brackets. With the door raised a foot beyond its normal up position, it is easy to get the shaft and spring assembly out, and on saw horses or the floor where it is easy to work on.
Door springs have cycle ratings for the number of times the door can be raised before they fail, they are quite highly stressed. It's a trade off between price and cycle life.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Garage door torsion springs, Snowmobile
, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 02:34:31- solved, Snowmobile
, Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:29:39 - Re: Garage door torsion springs -- Pro if available, Dave Chicago, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:38:41
- Re: Garage door torsion springs, JimBlake
, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:25:01 - Re: Garage door torsion springs pulley bolts, BobS, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:01:15
- Re: Garage door torsion springs, BobS, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:51:17 <-- Viewing This Message
- for winding bars, I've used concrete rebar, AeroEd, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:04:27
- Cut the cable instead?, dmz789qqq, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 08:38:10
- Re: Garage door torsion springs, Dean, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 08:17:07
- What spring arrangement do you have?, B Millar
, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 07:03:16 - Re: Garage door torsion springs, ELaw
, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 07:03:07 - Re: Garage door torsion springs, TML
, Mon, 9 Dec 2013 05:58:56
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