Tightening Your Garage Door Spring

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

Tightening your garage door spring.

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

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. 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 an extension spring door.

Decreasing the tension in spring.