{"id":670,"date":"2011-02-22T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T15:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2023-06-23T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:29:38","slug":"garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Garage Door Springs &#8211; Ordering For the Correct Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2011\/02\/question-mark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2011\/02\/question-mark.jpg\" alt=\"Determining garage door spring center bracket side and what wind.\" class=\"wp-image-678\" title=\"question mark\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Which Side is Which?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/springs\/torsion-spring-prices.php\">standard garage door torsion springs<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nmIXHrWoDIQ\">left-winding spring<\/a> is usually to the right of the center bracket. In addition, a right-winding spring is usually to the left of the center bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, with Clopay EZ-SET Springs, the opposite holds true. Right wind springs install on the right side and left on the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See our video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nmIXHrWoDIQ\">how to determine torsion spring wind<\/a> to determine whether your spring is a left-winding or right-winding spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With standard garage door torsion springs, a left-winding spring is usually to the right of the center bracket. In addition, a right-winding spring is usually to the left of the center bracket. However, with Clopay EZ-SET Springs, the opposite holds true. Right wind springs install on the right side and left on the left. See [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5013,253,88,5018],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical-support","tag-ez-set-springs","tag-garage-door-springs","tag-ordering","tag-wind-direction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Garage Door Springs - Ordering For the Correct Side - DDM Garage Doors Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is essential to determine which side of the center bracket the spring will be installed before ordering your garage door torsion springs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Garage Door Springs - Ordering For the Correct Side\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is essential to determine which side of the center bracket the spring will be installed before ordering your garage door torsion springs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DDM Garage Doors Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-22T15:01:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T22:29:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2011\/02\/question-mark.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan Musick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan Musick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/\",\"name\":\"Garage Door Springs - Ordering For the Correct Side - DDM Garage Doors Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2011\/02\/question-mark.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-22T15:01:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T22:29:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6b44055c953f4d8e99a57a40629a35c8\"},\"description\":\"It is essential to determine which side of the center bracket the spring will be installed before ordering your garage door torsion springs.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2011\/02\/question-mark.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2011\/02\/question-mark.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/garage-door-springs-ordering-for-the-correct-side\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Garage Door Springs &#8211; 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