Torsion Bar Garage Door Installation

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Torsion bar garage door installation.

Follow standard installation for bottom brackets. This oem spring replacement system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process. Steel door section low headroom safety bottom bracket right hand shown step 3b ez set torsion spring system only the bottom brackets that came with the door not the bottom brackets in this kit are to be used for this setup. To learn more about installing clopay garage doors go to our garage door installation overview.

Torsion springs are located over the garage door and the number of springs depends on the size and weight of the door. Installation of rear torsion spring system. What was once a job exclusively for trained garage door professionals clopay s ez set torsion spring system makes torsion spring installation faster and easier for the do it yourselfer. Choosing the right spring size for my garage door.

See instruction manual warning failure to properly engage. In the end scott got the door that he wanted installed along with a great liftmaster garage door opener. You need an assistant in step 4. These videos will help you with the installation of your new clopay garage doors.

After the plug reaches the mark continue pulling the bar off the door and back toward the middle of the door with your left hand. The videos have been broken into segments to make downloading easier. Just a video showing how to change out broken garage door torsion springs with new ones. Clopay garage door installation videos.

Damage the garage door. If it does start to slip rest the bar against the top of the garage door insert a bar in the next hole and turn the plug up enough to allow you to push the marked bar back into place. Before you choose the right spring size make sure you know which type of spring system your door uses torsion or extension. If your garage has only one entrance be sure you the assistant and the tools you need are inside before you lock the door.

Each torsion spring consists of spring coils stationary cone and a winding cone fig. When torsion springs break they don t fly off like extension springs can.