What is a left-hand spring or a right-hand spring?
In the door business, it could mean one of two things.
It could mean the wind of the spring, which would be a left wind spring. A spring wound the opposite direction would be a right wind spring.…
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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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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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Oh, the buzz that happens on the Web about garage door springs …
Extreme ranges of opinion and practice lurk everywhere. Some people say it’s illegal to sell them. Others advertise them to be as standard and common as pliers or wrenches.…
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Customers ordering Clopay EZ-SET springs from DDM should be very careful when removing the old spring from the winder.
Below are sequenced pictures of how coins can be used to get the cone off the winder without damaging the plastic clips that hold the cone in place:
Left: Clopay EZ-SET winder with cone
Below: Loosen one side of the cone by carefully inserting a screwdriver and lifting
Next, insert two coins under the cone near the point it was loosened
Then, turn the winder clockwise until the other release point on the cone is accessible
Finally, carefully use a screwdriver to loosen the other release point, now visible
Believe me; you’ll save a lot more than the two pennies by being careful with this!…
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Do you need to buy garage door torsion springs? Winding bars for your garage door are an often-overlooked part of a torsion spring replacement job, but they are vital. Ratchet handles, tire irons, jack handles, or other tools cannot safely and effectively take their place.…
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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.
