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Larry Jaques Larry Jaques is offline
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Default Garage Door Maintenance

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:44:16 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
(m Ransley) quickly quoth:

Oil everything and anything that moves, even motor bearings unless they
are sealed. Your problem is most likely the springs stretched and needs
adjusting. Test it, release the door from the opener at the door with
the saftey release, the door should go up and down by hand with equal
pressure. If it does not you need a pro to adjust the springs as this is
not safely DIY.


It cracks me up to see people worry about garage door springs,
especially the newer (safer, totally caged) torsion types. They'll
hang off the top of a ladder on one foot using a chainsaw but a pair
of 18" rods and a setscrew are far too dangerous to attempt.
Priceless! g


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