How To Replace Garage Door Spring

Only then will you be able to order replacement parts and install the new springs.

How to replace garage door spring.

Carefully follow all of the safety instructions in this tutorial. The doors with two springs are easy to replace. Replacing your own garage door springs takes only a little time and effort and can save you hundreds of dollars. Replacing the pulleys must be done with the garage door open.

Always stay out of the path of extension springs when the garage door is operating or when the door is closed assuming the cable or spring could break at any moment and the spring flies off and hits you. If the door remains in place the replacement was a. One at the end of each spring and one at the top of the vertical door track they also have two cables on each side. A pair of new springs cost about 25.

One cable attaches to the bottom of the door runs up and over the pulley above the door and around the spring pulley and then attaches to the door track bracket. A couple of carabiners can. Part 1 of 2. Doors with extension springs have two sets of pulleys which are sometimes called sheaves.

Lubricate the spring with garage door lubricant then remove the clamp from the garage door.