Garage Door Spring Winding Direction

There is a lot of confusion among people regarding right hand winding torsion spring and left hand winding torsion spring.

Garage door spring winding direction.

This video applies t. At this point ensuring that the end of the spring is facing up towards you on the winding con turn the springs. Dura lift 0 243 in x 2 in left and right wound 2 pack green steel garage door torsion spring. Determining wind direction for torsion springs.

Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. After inserting the two winding bars all the way into the winding cone wind the springs 1 4 turn at a time in an upward direction as shown in fig. Thus they have their end of wire on the right side. Replacement of torsion springs is among the most common garage door spring repairs performed by companies that specialize in garage doors.

In order to make a complete turn make the winding movement as if you are unscrewing the winding cones from the extreme end of the springs. All dura lift springs meet the dasma standard rating of 10 000 plus door open and close cycles. Dura lift ultra quiet 2 in 13 ball bearing 10 pack stainless steel nylon garage door roller. On the contrary it is very simple to determine the winding type of a garage door spring.

Install new or use this pair of left install new or use this pair of left and right wound torsion springs to replace broken sectional garage door torsion springs. Each spring used in this manner has a particular wind direction. The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction. For pricing and availability.

The tail of the torsion spring coil points in the direction that the spring is wound fig. Turn the spring up till you achieve turn and reach the resistance level. The number of turns is shown in the table in fig.