You guys are backwards. If the door is all the way UP, then the tension is
mostly relieved. Sometimes you can pull the rope to disconnect the opener,
then push the door back far enough to get in the space between door & wall.
Use 2 C-clamps on the rails to hold the door in the up position. Then change
the springs, put about one turn on them and then hook the cables to the door
with the cable wound all the way around the 2 drums. Saves a LOT of
spring-winding

"G. Morgan" wrote in message
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On 25 Dec 2004 23:53:02 GMT "Ignoramus11573"
used 43 lines of text to write in newsgroup: alt.home.repair

If I decide to do it myself, I will ask for more help but


You're only going to save about $40-$70 by doing it yourself. It will
take you
all day since this is your first attempt.


1 You'll need to lower the door with only one spring ( a bitch) and
safely
unwind it (a bitch if you have never done it)

2 Remove the whole torsion bar.

3 Get the old springs off (a bitch if the bar is rusty or deformed)

4 Find the correct springs for a replacement (a bitch if you don't know
WHERE
to buy or WHAT to buy)

5 install new springs on torsion bar (yes, replace them both)

6 Wind ONE spring (two springs are harder) you wind one first, then set
the
cables

7 Wind the other spring

8 Test the door, then add or subtract winds if tension is wrong

Besides this being a semi-dangerous job, you'll likely not have the proper
tools
(winding bars, cordless impact etc...) Add that to you self admitted lack
of
hand-eye coordination and health not up to 100% and your looking at some
major
headache and frustration. Trust me, hire out the job.





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-Graham

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