Learn how to repair overhead garage door springs and cables without winding up in the emergency room.
How to hook up tension spring on garage door.
To decrease tension move the hook to a higher hole.
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.
The tension of the garage door springs can be adjusted by doing the following.
The garage door tension springs provide lifting force for the heavy door and are under tremendous tension get careless and they can hurt you.
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Adjust the cable in the 3 hole adjusting clip connected to the s hook this is a pain moving the eye bolt up or down on the vertical support bracket.
A few years back i narrowly avoided being hit by a spring that snapped.
Pull downward on the spring and reattach the hook at the lower end of the spring at the next link down the chain to increase the spring tension.
Follow along as a pro explains how it s done.
But safety first garage door extension springs are under extreme tension.
Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track.
New garage door extension springs.
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I almost forgot to mention this but make sure your car is not in the garage.
Fortunately it s easy to keep yourself and all your garage stuff safe.
If you need to increase the spring tension hook the spring onto a lower hole on the track hanger.
Reattach the hook at the next link up to loosen the.
Thus safety is top priority.
Move the s hook to different holes in the horizontal support bracket.
Let me show you what a bad spring looks like.
Do this with the door open and c clamps on.