Tightening Your Garage Door Spring

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.

Tightening your garage door spring.

Adjusting an extension spring door. 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. The springs extend along the shaft and work by twisting as the garage door closes by means of cables attached to each side of the lowest garage door panel. Adjusting and tightening the torsion spring may include the following things.

Decreasing the tension in spring. This video applies t. This tension makes it easier to lift the garage door from its closed position. 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.

Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track.