How To Balance a Garage Door - Torsion Spring Adjustment - Easy/Clear Instructions
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- čas přidán 1. 05. 2024
- How to Balance a Garage Door. Easy and complete instructions on how to adjust your garage door torsion springs so your door will operate properly. You will learn how to check your door for proper balance so you do not damage your garage door opener. It is very important to maintain your garage door and you can save hundreds of dollars doing it your self.
This task can be dangerous if you are not careful so if you are not comfortable doing it yourself contact a professional to do it for you. Also, it is recommended that you use (hardened steel) torsion bars/rods to adjust springs. These can be purchased at your local hardware store for around $10.
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Although I have been following these procedures for many years; I assume no liability for any damage that may occur to any person or property as a result of the information provided in this video. I take necessary precautions (that I am aware of) when working on these projects but that in no way implies or creates any expressed or implied warranty or guarantee of any kind of particular result. Any injury, damage or loss of any kind to anyone or their property or anything related to information in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not Helping U Online (this video).
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Thank you so much for posting this. I adjusted my springs with no problem. Your instructions were clear and accurate and I appreciate the safety tips. I followed exactly step by step and it worked out nicely.
You saved me time and money. My garage cable came off this morning. I followed your instructions and got it fixed. Thanks a million.
I spent $200 for 15 minutes of work. Found this video now I’m taking a month to learn everything I can about fixing and installing garage doors. Side hustle economics
I have a two door garage that needed adjustment as they were never adjusted correctly. This video was informative as I was able get them both rigged properly in good time. I was tempted to use rebar but decided to use hardened steel rods. Overall this video was excellent 👍🏽
I want to Thank you, although my door is a rear spring design, this gave me enough info to be able to work out how to fix my off centre door and make it a heck of a lot better and quieter.
your demonstration helped achieve a valued outcome.
I looked at the tensioner setup. Figured out what i needed to do. Almost jumped right into it but realized there is a lot of energy stored in that spring. Glad I took the time to look at your vid. Now i know I'm going to do it without the chance of getting hurt. Thanks bro'
Thanks, great video, my spring wasn’t broken so I was a bit confused. I believe all I needed was an adjustment.
Thanks for your excellent video. I do nearly everything myself, but I've stayed away from adjusting springs until I watched your video. The Genie helpline and other sources give the impression that if your door balances at 4 feet your springs aren't the problem, and the motor should be able to lift the door. After several other adjustment misadventures with the door opener, I adjusted the springs, and my door works as it should. I posted a video of my own so others could benefit from my misadventures and referenced your video in my description.
Yours was the first one I watched, used a 3/8 extension bar and big screwdriver, I get using winding bars but guess what...it worked just fine. Just stay out of the way if something goes sideways and take your time. Thanks for the vid.
Good to see you using safety equipment (gloves and safety glasses) like you recommended at the beginning of the video
Very clear and very helpful! Thank you
Thanks! You convinced me never to try this at home after experiencing the full weight of my garage doors with the lifting cables disconnected. Professional help needed for sure.
This video is very useful for two different cases: This tells a confident DIY-er what is needed to do the job carefully and correctly. And, since it clearly describes what is needed, it gives good advice to a less-confident person that maybe this job isn't for them. I fully respect someone evaluating their skills and willingness to take on the job, balancing the risks, and making a decision not to take it on. There's a lot of energy stored in that spring!
Amazing explanation!!!
Excellent video for the home owner do it yourself type person. I watched it because I haven't installed a garage door in ten years. It was an excellent reminder of everything I had learned years ago.
Glad it helped
Good way to get homeowner hurt or killed
Thank you for this tutorial! Great angles and super helpful information!🎉
Thumbs up especially for adding step to keep springs from binding.
Adjusting springs from binding was great info. Thanks!
Great video. Thanks for posting it!
Thank you, good clean to the point advice!!
Excellent advice and teaching straight to the point 👍
I noticed with the turning of the tension mounts you turned the first side in anticlockwise then the last spring you turned it clockwise direction I’m glad I came across this I would not of realised the danger as you mentioned thanks for sharing 😎
He went anti-clockwise direction on both springs though.
@@narouspk On the left side, it was anti-clockwise when looking at it from the LEFT side in toward the center. On the right side, it was clockwise when looking at it from the RIGHT side, in toward the center. Regardless of that, the important thing is that it should be obvious that you should be able to feel that you are going in the direction of *increasing* the tension. (This assumes that the door is too "heavy" and needs more lift, as shown in this video. If the door is flying upward, that would indicate that there is too much tension already, and you would need to move the spring adjustment in the direction of *decreasing* tension on both sides.)
VERY CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND - WELL DONE THANK YOU
Glad it was helpful!
Now this is what I'm talking about. Thank you sir.
Tha is proffessionalism ...
Yaup ..
Thank you young man
Great tip on the mark to prevent binding of the spring; only place I've seen that tip. Replacing broken spring, + a second new one,7 have watched a lot of vids about the process. After adjusting the springs, can't emphasize enough to make the adjustment bars as long as will work. It's a serious workout when you get to the last 25% of the turns! I can hardly type, right now. Just finished, and the recommended turns were not enough to balance the door.
Think I'll wait 'til tomorrow to get back at it, give my arms & shoulders a break, first.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Great video and explication you have saved me $160. Perth Australia 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you,,thank you! This video was easy to learn, regards to adjustments made it simple. Great help! Subscribed🙏
Love the vise grip tips. Never seen this in other videos
Thanks so.much for taking the time to show us how uts done
Thanks to you sir, I was able to fix my door. Thanks a million!!!
Way to go
Unbelievable!! Great video! Thank you thank you!! My friends who ARE handy told me NOT to do it. NOT being handy like them, but willing to try, I ordered the winding bars from Amazon, saw your video like 3.....or 10 more times (LOL) got enough courage and with my wife as assistant, we did it.
Way To Go!... You do have to be careful and take proper precautions and if you do it is pretty straight forward.
You have more guts than me. I think my garage door has so much tension it is slamming thr door down. Not sure but going to check a price on someone doing it for me. I am a carpenter and dont want to mess with it. Both cables came off and door is fricking stuck down.
@@malcolmkhummel3 that's our problem too. Did you get it fixed? What did they have to do?
@@malcolmkhummel3 The springs do not work or "tension" in that direction (down) and are only to help lift and balance the door (up). If your door is slamming down, it is only from its own weight unless someone torqued the springs in the opposite direction. I realize that your comment is at least a year old but others may see it in the future.
Worked like a charm. Make sure to check bolts for tightness after releasing channel locks one of my bolts was not tight.
What channel locks? What bolts?
Thank you! I lubed my garage and replaced the rollers and adjusted the spring. There is about a 50% reduction in noise level.
Great stuff.
Thank you.
fantastic and so clear, thanks for your video
Glad it was helpful!
well done thanks for showing I about to replace my this coming weekend
Super helpful and clear explanation. Saved me hundreds of dollars. Thank you.
Great to hear!
Clearly explained, shown, and demonstrated. Very good info. Thank you!
Awesome my home inspection found this issue.
Been working with rebar for 40 years in construction and I have seen brand new bars and old ones just snap perfectly into for no reason in summer and winter, I would spend the $15 and get a set or hardened steel winding bars. Thank you for a helpful video.
Agree with this. Rebar is way too soft.
rebar will bend before breaking. Any force that I can lift over my head with an 18" bar is not enough to bend rebar, let alone break it.
I unwind torsion springs with my bare hands 💪
Well done Sir thank you 👍
I hope this helps me so i can fix my door today and go home. Thanks.
Excellent video. The only one I've seen that moves the end cones out a bit to prevent spring binding and wear.
Excellent video.
How many revolution torison spring in 10 feet highet of the door remember that we have double torison spring in Crawford door.
As the spring cones are made of a cast metal it generally pays to avoid impacts to prevent it cracking, I just apply a small amount of sideways pressure on the last turn instead
Sir that helped me a lot my spring lost tension the door hit a metal object and was crooked 😅 thanks again 😊
I adjusted both of my garage doors today.
They were both under wound, making the opener strain to open the door.
One door took a full wind and the other only needed 3/4 of a turn.
It doesn't sound like much, but the difference was readily apparent!
I bought my Premium winding sticks at Amazon for $13.99 which were zinc plated and had knurling on the handles.
Outstanding step by step tutorial. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great Video, I have a door that was slightly damaged and I added a box section of aluminium at the bottom of the last Panel to straighten it. Consequently the door became unbalanced! Because I am in my mid 70s, I decided to call a professional to do the adjustment of the spring as I considered for my age that this job could be a bit on the dangerous side! Your video gave me good insight!
Glad it was a bit helpful and that you are careful.
Excellent video
You explained everything really good. thanks a lot :)
Great video. Spoke very clearly.
Great video, Straight to the point, Thanks
Thank you it is easy when you now how!
I appreciate this video and all the comments. I had to replace the nylon gear in my 1/2 hp Linear last December and it just broke again. I do not want to just change out the great without finding out why it keeps tearing up.
This video will help me, thanks.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for making this. It was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Love the safety shoes
One of the best helpful videos I've seen in recent memory! Well done!
Glad it was helpful! I try to explain and film things in a way that is clearly communicated and easy to understand. Thanks for the feedback
Good video, to the point. Loosening the rear set screw first does keep your body parts out of the way should the winding hole in the cone break. Been there done that have the scars to prove it.
good on ya mate greets from Australia great job
Thanks 👍
Excellent video! Idk if my springs are still in tact or broken cause they’re like 14 years old, but if I can tighten em up like that I’m gonna cause I hafta help the door up right after I hit the button or it just stops
Thank you sir!
Great instructions. It worked perfectly for me.
Great to hear!
Muchísimas gracias me alludo mucho su video 👍
I found several videos on garage door adjustment, but I believe this video was the most concise and thorough. I followed your directions, and just finished. It works GREAT. However, I have a 2-car door, but with only one spring. I just hope it doesn't damage the mechanism from being off balance. Guess we'll see... Anyway, thanks for the video.
Hey Thank You! 🙏 I appreciate your video. It helped me do it with confidence. Have a great one.
Glad it helped!
Very helpful thank you
A big help! Thank you!
very educative.Thank you
as you charge first spring do you have the other spring screws on grip or let it stay unwinded while winding first.......
This is an excellent video, thanks a lot. I have question my garage door opens to the travel limit then it rolls back about 18”. What could be the cause ?
Very well done.
Thanks. Excellent concise video
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you 😊
Great Video, Thank You, Subscribed :) I am Used to replacing the springs on the old style hinge garage doors :) Yea, I have been around for a while :)
Perfect 👌.
Thank You !
This is so great!
Excellent job😊
Thank you. Just had this done and the tech, who was experienced, wanted to level the doors and in adjusting the spring broke it. I do not believe he loosened the set screws. He then charged me to replace the spring.
My garage torsion spring broke after 18+ years, so I ordered another spring using the SAME SIZE shown on the broken spring. Installed it on my 8ft door which requires 33 to 34 turns. I’m up to around 45 quarter turns and when I lift the door halfway it falls to the floor. I noticed that this new spring did not expand out as far as the previous spring. It’s about 3-eighth inch short of the indentation mark of the old spring. Should I do 33 quarter turns and tap spring to stretch it out to the old spot on the shaft?
Thankfully the one I am working on is a small door with a single small spring. I just don't have enough hands so I need to go buy some vice grips since mine seem to have absconded on me.
Excellent video.
great explation.. fixed me door!
Glad it helped!
thank you that was most helpfull
A video like this is good for (information only) I've been doing doors for 10yr Springs are very dangerous and I do not recommend homeowners or DIY work on the Springs
i have to adjust my grandmothers garage door when i put it all the way up, it comes back down half of the bottom panel, enough to just caress the top most point of her cars roof and it caught and bent my antenna once. thanks for this vid, itll be a huge help
Great tutorial. on the second video I watched, the man didn't use the second vice grip on the wheel channel. It's better to be safe.
I have to adjust my cousins garage door, it wasn't done correctly from a new build. It's always had a garage door opener. When you push the door up, theirs very little tension on it and it drops back down. I found out when I installed the rope for the emergency release. It never had one. You find that out when you lose power.
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks you for video
Excellent!
Great Video, That is the exact issue with my garage door. They installed it 4 months ago and already it is not balanced.
Absolutely loved the clear presentation for both the adjustment and the gotchas. Perfect job only question was how far do we tap the spring out. It looked like your mark was about a quarter inch but you only want about an eighth of an inch when you actually did the tapping is that right?
1/8 inch is fine... helps to keep the spring from binding.
If you aren't confident stretching a spring then just run a bead of oil across the top
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Excellent thankyou
You are welcome
Thanks
Thanks a lot.Very nice video.
Thanks this was a great help.
Well Done
Thank you
I ty for educating me Sir. Sincerely
Glad I could help
Thank you great video
You are welcome
Well done
Thank you and thanks for the visit
Super duper. Thank you sir.
Most welcome
I learned the hard way, loosened set screws without holding spring. Snapped my rachet in half when it spun around, I still check my fingers when I think about that. Luckily, I did not get hurt. I called a garage door repair guy first question he asked if I was OK
😲😲😲 Yikes! You got lucky!! Glad you're still intact. That could've been extreme.
Good job.😀