It's been done this way since the dawn of alignment. Ask a real mechanic, rather than a young, book- taught, "parts changer" and they can describe it more fully for you. It's a little more than JUST paint cans and string, but not much.
Terry & Skipper, Clearlake Texas
Apparently you can't follow a thread -- the OP made that clear _farther_down_ in the thread, not before I posted this. I agree now that it is clear he has extension springs, not torsion springs -- but I still stand by the comment that if he has to ask how to do it, it probably isn't a job for him.
they say , If gasoline were to be invented today, it would be out-lawed for the lay people to handle. gawd , it is dangerous!
I can read and follow a post. The OP said that he has a single bay garage door and one spring that was 1 1/2 in diameter snapped. It's was clear to anyone with knowledge of garage doors that this is an extension spring, because torsion springs are bigger in diameter.
Thank You! But do include real women. I learned to replace a spring a few months ago. And it had broken about 3" from the end. Liz
Older springs are usually stretched a bit which is why this works.
Unfortunately, "Fools rush in where angels dare to tread."
Too bad Darwinism has been corrupted by several generations of liberals who believe that nobody should be responsible fow what they do to themselves and have decreed that the rest of us should chip in to rescue them from their own messes. That means we have to pay for many years of maintainance for some brain injured clod who refused to observe a motorcycle helmet law.
(End of rant...)
Jeff
Oh, we evolved. It is just that there are branches on the family trees. Some modern people do thing like "call experts". Others do bright things like leave their children in hot cars. It's not always the best thing to be a "real man."
The trouble with stupid people is that they are really fertile.
Steve
Fuck off and die, Richard. Do whatever your shallow gene pool brain tells you.
Steve
Real nice. Maybe the reason you can't fix a garage door safely is because you have an anger management problem.
Oh, I can fix them. I just choose to pay someone else to do it. How can I be angry about being able to do that? I have done things like pulling a V8 engine and rebuilding it; contracting my own house; remodeling several income properties; contracting government projects; yada yada yada.
But there are some things that I just won't mess with because they aren't worth it.
Garage doors are one of those. A call by a good garage door repairman will diagnose and fix things that the average DIYer wouldn't even see.
But, if you can't afford a service call by a professional, by all means, DIY.
Steve
So because some of us choose to do a simple garage door spring repair means we can't afford a pro? Yet you obviously think that doesn't apply to you pulling and rebuilding an engine? Which of those repairs is more within the scope of what an average homeowner has the skill, equipment, and tools to handle? Geez!
Incredible how some people think and rationalize foolish things in their minds.
Hmmm... Let's see... Can you pull and rebuild an engine with just an adjustable end wrench and two short pieces of steel rod / rebar? I don't know about you, but I'm not *that* good... Although I've never had a garage door with extension springs, I have no doubt that I could figure out how to change them... Hell, I figured out how to change my first set of torsion springs many years ago and even managed to still have all my body parts attached... It's not rocket science...
That was indeed the case up until the innovation of self-serve gas in the
1970s due to price shock in the energy crisis.Back then you needed a pro, er, 17-year-old boy working for minimum wage to pump gas safely.
Ahhh...Doug --
Its an extension sping door, not torsion spring door.
Its an extension spring not a torion spring.
Its an extension spring, not a torsion spring.
Actually, I thought I had the replacement process really well figured out. But I kept hearing some really hysterical tales fro folks as to how dangerous the replacement rocess was. I couldn't see why the process was so dangerous, so I decided to ask before jumped in.
Unfortunately, far too many folks confuse extension and torsion spring. And add to the hysteria by not paying attenion to what is actually being asked.
Like you.
wrote
Yah. And incredible how some of us miss the obvious. Like extension spring vs. torsion spring.
My comments on torsion springs stand. My comments on torsion springs when the actual conversation was about extension springs are retracted.
It's a simple thing.
I made a mistake.
Steve
AMEN brother! And as for a professional finding thing the homeowner won't even see????? MY garage doors only have about 5 different pieces. What's NOT to see????
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