Adjusting Clopay Garage Door Springs

You must release the tension on the garage door springs before attempting adjustment or replacement.

Adjusting clopay garage door springs.

Warning high spring tension can cause serious injury or death. 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. The use of any. Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger.

Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way. If this is the case do not adjust repair or remove springs or parts to which springs are connected. One spring doors with two springs doors with one spring doors with two springs 1 1 or 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 10 10 4 4 2 0 0 2. This is an informational video only for a comprehensive guide consult the owners manual however i go over some key steps from start to finish.

Constant diameter solid steel winding bars when winding or adjusting springs. These videos will help you with the installation of your new clopay garage doors. If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket. If it was opening too quickly move it to the next lower hole.

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. 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. Clopay garage door installation videos. A broken spring will definitely make for a noisy garage door if the garage door works at all.

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. Retest the door balance as you did in step 1. This is accomplished by opening the garage door as fully as possible until it hits the stop bolt on the track. The videos have been broken into segments to make downloading easier.

This is a supplement to the residential garage door instructions referred to as the manual. 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. Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease.