How To Release Tension Garage Door Spring

If the door remains at the halfway position.

How to release tension garage door spring.

Release the tension before attempting to replace the garage door cable you must release the tension in the garage door springs. Step 1 disconnect remote door opener. You do this. Open the door until it hits the stop bolt and can t go any farther.

The cone is on the torsion spring on the left side away from the center of the garage door. Step 4 finish up. Step 3 adjust tension. Open the door fully by hand.

3 clamp your vice grips to prevent the torsion shaft from dropping when you take off the old springs. Position a stepladder at the area of the automatic opener. Step 2 use a metal rod to stick in the first notch of the cone. This is accomplished by opening the garage door as fully as possible until it hits the stop bolt on the track.

Disconnect the garage door opener to remove an electric garage door opener first close the garage door all the way then unplug the motor unit from the electrical outlet. Pull the release cord hanging down from opener track to disengage the opener s trolley. If your garage door is attached to a remote garage door opener start by disconnecting it. Lift up the door halfway from the inside using one of the cross members.

Hold the garage door in this position by attaching a c clamp to the track at a point below the lowest door roller wheel. 2 release the springs from the center cone with a 9 16 inch or 1 2 inch wrench. 1 release tension in the torsion spring. Open the door unplug the opener and disconnect the door from the opener by pulling the emergency release cord down and back until the spring locks in the open position.

Before you can work you need to release the tension on the springs. Close the garage door. This cone has notches in it that are used to adjust the tension in the torsion spring. Open the garage door fully and in order to prevent the door from sliding down place several c clamps on the track just below the door s lowest wheel.

For an automatic door. Place a winding bar in one of the holes in the spring s winding cone and release the tension one quarter turn at a time. Step 2 clamp the door open.