Garage Door Spring Orientation

It is not uncommon to have two different size springs.

Garage door spring orientation.

If the garage door has two springs measure each spring individually. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place. Thus they have their end of wire on the right side. Usually you will have two springs on your door which will be color coded.

Springs are a major part of your garage door unlike other components if a spring breaks you need to replace it to keep your garage door functioning and operating properly. At american garage door supply inc. You can also always call us at 260 691 3822. On the other hand a left hand winding spring is wound in an anti clockwise direction and has its end of wire on the left side.

For pricing and availability. If you prefer a matching set we can convert a mismatched set to a matching set. The spring to your right is a left wound spring and the spring to your left is the right wound spring. The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction.

Use a piece of tape to mark the current placement of the pulley so that it. In most cases you can determine the wind of your garage door torsion spring by using the color coded system on the cones at the end of the spring. Generally when looking from within the garage if the spring is on the left side it is right wound and vice versa. You can choose and purchase torsion springs and extension springs for just about any commercial or residential garage door project right.

So if the spring to your left is broken you want to order a right wound spring. With most new garage doors there will be two torsion springs separated by a divider that s located at the midpoint of the door. Dura lift ultra quiet 2 in 13 ball bearing 10 pack stainless steel nylon garage door roller. Step 1 determine springs id inside diameter.

Once in place disconnect the garage door opener. It works as opposites so if the spring is on the right side of the center when looking from inside your garage out to your door it is left wound. Most of the time the end on the right hand wind is red and the left and wind is black as you can see on the graphic below. Spring orientation if ordering just one spring left wound or right wound.

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