How To Fix A Roll Up Garage Door Spring

A light gauge rollup door needs to actually be rolled up manually with the spring not yet attached.

How to fix a roll up garage door spring.

On roll up doors the spring tension is controlled by a cable on a pulley. 2 turn the garage upside down to locate the spring loaded door device at the top of the. 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.

Take the spring with you to the store so that you can choose the right size. Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair. 3 8 and 5 16 nut drivers. The spring should be pinned to the shaft prior to rollup but not attached to the end plate.

7 16 and 1 2 wrenches. 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. Then attach the springs. To adjust the tension pull the cable and reknot the end to shorten or lengthen the cable.

Insert the end of a winding bar into the lower hole on the spring adjuster. Loosen the silver pipe wrench and pull down on the orange pipe wrench to loosen the spring more. 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. Once the door is rolled up the spring can be stretched to the end plate and bolted.

Enter the unit with a ladder and manually roll the door up. Unscrew the appliance garage from the wall or upper cabinet and slide it away from its original location. Spring replacement with removal of door assembly. You may need to put approximatelty one revolution on the spring before bolting.

Ratchet with 7 16 and 1 2 sockets. In the following section we ll show you how to replace a garage door opener. As the door is rolled down the spring will be charged. Clamp a locking pliers or a c clamp to the track just above one of the rollers.