Tightening Your Garage Door Spring

Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension.

Tightening your garage door spring.

To adjust your garage door s side mounted springs first open your door fully and secure it in place with a c clamp below the bottom roller. With an extension spring door the goal is to take all the tension off the door before you even think about touching a spring you can do this by opening the door all the way and propping it up with a ladder. Adjusting and tightening the torsion spring may include the following things. This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position.

Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track. Decreasing the tension in spring. Open it just as wide as you can without hitting the garage door opener s stop bolt and place a clamp on the track on both sides to keep the door in. This problem doesn t seem too damaging but an unbalanced door which doesn t operate evenly may cause serious.

We should decrease the tension in garage door spring is the door is opening too slowly or opens and shuts partially.