Adjusting Clopay Garage Door Springs

These videos will help you with the installation of your new clopay garage doors.

Adjusting clopay garage door springs.

If the torsion springs do not increase in tension as the 1 4 turns are added to the springs then you probably have the torsion springs reversed. Our system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process with the ability to set the spring tension in seconds with a 3 8 power drill. Warning high spring tension can cause serious injury or death. Clopay garage door installation videos.

To learn more about installing clopay garage doors go to our garage door installation overview. Retest the door balance as you did in step 1. If it was opening too quickly move it to the next lower hole. Once a job exclusively for trained garage door professionals clopay s ez set torsion spring system makes torsion spring installation faster and easier for the do it yourselfer.

If this is the case do not adjust repair or remove springs or parts to which springs are connected. A broken spring will definitely make for a noisy garage door if the garage door works at all. A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem. Steel residential garage door installation instructions and maintenance 1 and 2 layer construction in this manual you will find safety information how to prepare the opening installing the new door painting maintenance and replacement parts.

If adjustment of the rear track hanger is necessary the door must be locked in the closed position because the weight of the door is supported by the rear hangers. The videos have been broken into segments to make downloading easier. If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket. This is an informational video only for a comprehensive guide consult the owners manual however i go over some key steps from start to finish.

Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger. Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way. Hold the garage door in this position by attaching a c clamp to the track at a point below the lowest door roller wheel. The use of any.

Constant diameter solid steel winding bars when winding or adjusting springs. One spring doors with two springs doors with one spring doors with two springs 1 1 or 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 10 10 4 4 2 0 0 2. This is a supplement to the residential garage door instructions referred to as the manual.