Adjusting Clopay Garage Door Springs

Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger.

Adjusting clopay garage door springs.

To learn more about installing clopay garage doors go to our garage door installation overview. Constant diameter solid steel winding bars when winding or adjusting springs. Hold the garage door in this position by attaching a c clamp to the track at a point below the lowest door roller wheel. Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way.

If the torsion springs do not increase in tension as the 1 4 turns are added to the springs then you probably have the torsion springs reversed. The use of any. A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem. This is accomplished by opening the garage door as fully as possible until it hits the stop bolt on the track.

A broken spring will definitely make for a noisy garage door if the garage door works at all. Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease. If this is the case do not adjust repair or remove springs or parts to which springs are connected. Retest the door balance as you did in step 1.

Our system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process with the ability to set the spring tension in seconds with a 3 8 power drill. The videos have been broken into segments to make downloading easier. Warning high spring tension can cause serious injury or death. If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket.

If adjustment of the rear track hanger is necessary the door must be locked in the closed position because the weight of the door is supported by the rear hangers. Steel residential garage door installation instructions and maintenance 1 and 2 layer construction in this manual you will find safety information how to prepare the opening installing the new door painting maintenance and replacement parts. Once a job exclusively for trained garage door professionals clopay s ez set torsion spring system makes torsion spring installation faster and easier for the do it yourselfer. These videos will help you with the installation of your new clopay garage doors.

You must release the tension on the garage door springs before attempting adjustment or replacement. If it was opening too quickly move it to the next lower hole. Clopay garage door installation videos.