When a torsion spring suffers a failure or breakage you may notice that your garage feels much weightier to lift or it simply won t open at all.
Garage door heavy to open manually.
All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.
Garage torsion springs are vital aspects of the garage opening system as no other part of the mechanism is strong enough to lift the heavy door.
So my 2 car garage door takes at least 30 50lb to lift manually.
I was thinking about taking a couple steel rods and adjust the torsion spring myself.
I had a company came and replaced the spring once years ago and the guy must not have wound it to the correct amount.
Close your garage door.
That s a problem that can worsen gradually over time and is much less obvious than a broken spring.
Here s a way to test if your springs need service.
Failing or broken spring s is the most common cause of a door being almost impossible to open manually but other factures can cause this as well.
Very easy to open and close manually and will weigh around 5 15 lbs.