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Default Garage door spring broken in half - can a homeowner fix it himself?

On Saturday, September 20, 2014 12:50:34 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:44:01 +0000, Garagedoorguy

wrote:



Removing and adding tension are not the only dangerous parts to the


process. With larger much stronger high cycle springs it could be too


much and cause the door to shoot up like a rocket the second the second


the set screw is tightened after putting tension on the new spring. Always


clamp the door down befor added tension to be safe.




Clamping the door was mentioned in a video posted here. A danger;

besides having the winding bars crack your noggin


Not mention that springs are not only rated by cycles, they are rated
by weight. No reason to assume that because he's getting a better
spring, it's going to be for the wrong weight and cause a catastrophe.
Where do people come up with this stuff?