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(More customer reviews)On a recent Sunday afternoon I pushed the button to open my garage door, looking to roll out my motorcycle for a ride. BANG! went the door, but it stayed shut. I dashed in to find out what happened. After an extensive look at the door I finally discovered that the torsion spring had snapped, right in the middle.
If your garage looks like mine, you know that I had no chance of rolling my trusty moto out the side door. Feeling bereft and disappointed, I went back inside to search for a local garage door supply store. No such luck - all the local businesses perform service and installation...they don't sell parts. But, whaddyaknow? I found it on Amazon.
The spring replacement took about two hours, which included very methodical reading of the (well-written) instructions printed on the cardboard spring wrapper, as well as some cleaning and preventive maintenance. I had already removed the broken spring (in order to identify exactly which spring to order). On that note, I advise that you MAKE SURE that you know which spring you need. There are right-handed and left-handed springs. There are different lengths and inside diameters, as well as different wire thicknesses. Some doors have double-spring installations. Just take your time and be sure you know what you've got.
Once the spring was in place, the pulleys were aligned, and the cables were equally tight, I was ready to wind up the spring tension. This caused some white-knuckle moments, and quite a bit of sweat. 29 quarter turns on a spring as big as this and you've soon got a coiled, mechanical rattlesnake in your hands, ready to bite. Pro tip: be sure to get some 5/16 inch steel pipe or a couple of big, fat phillips screwdrivers that fit snugly into the holes on the spring end cap/cone. You'll know what I mean as soon as you start winding. This step is worth a trip to the hardware store or the neighbor's house to get suitable leverage bars(you'll need two).
Overall, National Hardware has done a great job - not only producing some quality springs, but also providing useful directions to the do-it-yourselfer.
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National Hardware 7682 Plain Steel Garage Door Left Wind Torsion Spring, 0.250 Wire Diameter by 2-Inch Inside Diameter by 32-Inch Length7682, Black Left Torsion Spring, .250 Wire Diameter, 2" Inside Diameter, 32" In Length, For 7' High Doors, Replaces Torsion Springs With Same Wire Diameter, Inside Diameter & Length, Boxed.
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