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Default Bam! Garage door over-the-door torsion spring snapped! How to replace?

Danny D. wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:28:11 -0600, SRN wrote:
Here's a great Youtube video on changing out torsion springs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxUoJrLhaSI


Yes. I've seen that. I referenced it prior. What I LOVE about that one is
that it shows the spring breaking before our very eyes!

The thing I don't like about it is that it covers the two-spring doors,
and mine is a single spring.


Same-same. The ones with one spring can be converted into two, and the
other way around.

Measure the length of 10 coils of the spring.
Example: 10 coils measures 2 1/4" = .225 wire size. (See chart below for
examples)

http://www.aaaremotes.com/howtomeasuresprings.html