Garage Door Problems

[daytrepper]

Hello everyone, I have a garage with two separate identical doors, and am having a similar binding problem with both. What happens, is about 16 inches from the floor, going up or down, the door binds up, and I have to force it up, or down, and when I do, I hear a bang coming from the torsion spring. Once I hear the bang, it goes up/down perfectly. I checked the track alignment on both doors, and found the track out of adjustment at one of the doors causing a bind to one of the rollers, adjusted this, and no difference. Do I need to replace the torsion springs, (something broken internally maybe?) or is there an adjustment I can do? I watched the whole torsion spring shaft while lifting and when it bangs and binds, the shaft moves sideways about 3/4 of an inch. I cant really see any bolts or anything that have loosened and gotten in the way of the pulley, and the cables are in good shape and straight, and look to be riding on the pulleys like they should. Any suggestions?? Thanks for the help.

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[Molly Brown]

Have you tried lubricating the shaft bushings?

[Sjouke Burry]

And lubricated the spring itself? Sounds like a rusty spring to me.

[Twayne]

I don't think a rusty spring would do that based on the horizontal movement of the shaft as it moves to the side and then bangs when there is enough pressure to overcome whatever is blocking/binding it. On the other hand I have little experience with torsion springs other than to say beware: They can be pretty dangerous to work on.

But I've nothing further of any assistance. I'd say a call to Overhead Door or whoever is nearby might be in order if no one here can pin it down from their own experience.

HTH,

Twayne`

[Twayne]

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