Since we first posted our custom High Lift Garage Door Conversion instructions several years ago, we have noticed a few things that need to be improved through assembly modifications.
One was the alignment of the horizontal and vertical angles in step 7.11.…
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When converting the older Crawford garage doors with outside lift cable drums and bottom fixtures to standard torsion spring systems, or when replacing springs on low headroom doors with outside lift hardware, you will need to make the following changes that differ from replacing standard garage door torsion springs.…
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Most residential sectional garage doors use standard lift tracking and standard torsion hardware. However, commercial and industrial garage doors frequently use vertical lift tracking. Therefore, determining how to wind a torsion spring depends on many factors, including what kind of garage door you have and the width of your cable drums.…
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In recent months we have received emails from customers who installed high lift kits, and now one of their cables is fraying or unraveling due to rough edges on the drums.
This appears to be a problem with the foundry where the OMI 4-54 HL LD cable drums are made.…
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Without first seeking professional help, the most common problem do-it-yourselfers encounter when adding vertical track and raising their garage doors a foot or more is that the door doesn’t balance correctly. This is a common high lift problem.
In order to get the door to work at all, you need to install longer cables.…
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At DDM Garage Doors, we go to great lengths to help our customers select the correct springs. Sometimes customers order the wrong springs, the garage door doesn’t balance, and they contact us for help.
On standard lift and industrial vertical lift garage doors like you find in businesses and homes, there are three common scenarios.…
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A customer emailed us today regarding a frozen dock leveler hinge. The lip on his Serco mechanical dock leveler will not go up or down. In our professional opinion, the dock leveler hinge probably needs lubrication.
He asked if he should replace the hinge pin.…
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A customer recently wrote asking for instructions on limit sprocket replacement on their Raynor, Allister, or Allstar opener.
Here is the procedure.
We frequently get inquiries about low headroom garage door applications. A low headroom garage door is one where there is not enough clearance above the door to install a normal torsion spring assembly. The most common type of low headroom door is one with double low headroom garage door tracks.…
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In 2015, we introduced a mobile app. However, we later obsoleted this app because we formatted our site for smart phones, and because of the growing abundance of support on our site that was not on the earlier app. The app contained a wealth of technical information on garage door springs and spring conversions, garage door and opener maintenance and repairs, high lift conversions, low headroom solutions, weather seals, and dock leveler repairs.…
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Huge inventory of torsion springs for same or next day shipping! Here you will find all you need in the most common sizes of 1 3/4," 2," 2 1/4," and 2 5/8" inside diameter springs. Larger 3 3/4" and 6" inside diameter commercial and industrial springs may require a day or two to ship. You'll also find TorqueMaster Springs, Extension Springs, Self-Storage door springs, steel rolling door springs and springs for one piece single panel doors.
Shelves packed with every part you need to fix your doors.
Please note. Shipping times and costs have changed. Normal transit times are currently not guaranteed, even on next day and second day shipments. Shipping prices on items over eight feet have more than tripled.
