Manufacturers make garage door springs from wire. Garage door springs break because every time you open or close the door, the wire bends.
This is easy to understand if you have ever bent a small wire or a paper clip in order to break it.…
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Clients frequently ask us, “Why is one of my garage door springs slinky and the other tight?” Or, “Why is one spring stiff and the other loose?” The answer lies in the pitch of the torsion spring wire.
When a spring coils, the wire normally winds at a 90-degree angle from the spool or rod it is wound around.…
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Before you replace the garage door cables on your door, make sure that you follow all safety precautions to prevent accidents from occurring. For additional information, view our tutorial titled Cable Installation.
The garage door torsion spring replacement is dangerous! Therefore, before you start to replace them, make sure that you follow all safety precautions to prevent accidents from occurring. More information on how to replace your garage door torsion springs is available on the DDM Garage Doors YouTube video titled by the same name.…
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Spring bumpers are often needed on residential garage doors to help assist the door to close from the open position when a jackshaft opener, such as the Liftmaster 8500, is used. Therefore, it is important to install push down spring bumpers when it is necessary.…
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The following checklist is for maintenance technicians who can perform preventive maintenance on overhead doors from some type of lift. If you are working from a ladder, you will have to alter some of the steps. Exercise caution when servicing any type of overhead type door as there are many dangers involved in servicing them.…
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On our Standard Garage Door Torsion Springs page, we include a special offer for free garage door hardware or free winding bars.
Since we started this we have had a number of requests for substitutions.…
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Hardware kits are available for customers who build their own garage door sections, as well as for those who buy the sections already made. We are also starting to see iron garage doors imported from other countries. These iron doors are much heavier than the lighter steel doors.…
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Over the years, many customers have asked us if we carry a seal to match what they have on their door. Often, we do not. As a result, we have come to realize that there are plenty of obsolete garage door seals.…
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Over the years, manufacturers have sought to build more safety into their products. In addition to warning labels, garage door manufacturers often powder coat products with red paint for safety and to alert technicians of potential danger.
Probably the most dangerous component is the winding cone on a garage door torsion spring.…
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