How To Tension Roll Up Garage Door Springs

Loosen the silver pipe wrench and pull down on the orange pipe wrench to loosen the spring more.

How to tension roll up garage door springs.

Self storage roll up doors operate in a similar manner to steel rolling door springs. 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. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. This is accomplished by opening the garage door as fully as possible until it hits the stop bolt on the track.

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. All dura lift springs meet the dasma standard rating of 10 000 plus door open and close cycles. The primary difference however is that steel rolling doors are made of interlocking slats while self storage roll up doors are just one piece of steel. This is how to loosen or tighten the tension on a roll up door.

You must release the tension on the garage door springs before attempting adjustment or replacement. Like a steel rolling door the curtain on these doors wraps around itself as the door opens. In this video we show how to replace standard garage door torsion springs. Continue this process until the spring is loose and is not transferring its torque along the shaft to the pipe wrenches.

Hold the garage door in this position by attaching a c clamp to the track at a point below the lowest door roller wheel.