Garage Door Torsion Spring Left Or Right

All dura lift springs meet the dasma standard rating of 10 000 plus door open and close cycles.

Garage door torsion spring left or right.

Torsion springs are non returnable. Thus they have their end of wire on the right side. The only exception to this is if you have a door with outside lift bottom fixtures and the cables come off the fronts of the drums as pictured below. They call it a right spring but when you are looking at the door from the inside it goes on the left side and vice versa.

Professional series springs not from china torsion spring s for torsion systems set above the garage door. Winding bars are 18 in length and are also advised when winding and un winding springs. The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction. We we offer a vast selection of wire and spring sizes and both left and right wind torsion.

Usually black represents a right wind while the red color represents a left wind garage door spring. If there are multiple springs on your garage door we strongly recommend replacing both torsion springs. Besides this the color code system for torsion springs is also purposed to help technicians determine the gauge or thickness of the wire. The direction of the wind on the spring is opposite the side that it goes on ex.

Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring as seen from the back of the door. 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. Things to know about garage door torsion springs. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation.

If one spring is broken on your torsion system we highly recommend replacing both springs. The left wound spring is installed on the right hand side of the door as your standing inside your garage looking out please measure twice. On the contrary it is very simple to determine the winding type of a garage door spring. The left spring is right hand wound rhw and the right spring is left hand wound lhw.

These are dangerous so if you aren t sure of yourself get someone who knows how to do it for you. Gdn garage door torsion spring 30 length 2 inside diameter 0 25 wire size right wound got this to replace my broken garage door spring. There is a lot of confusion among people regarding right hand winding torsion spring and left hand winding torsion spring. All of our torsion spring wire is coated.

All dura lift torsion springs are manufactured from class 2 high tensile oil tempered spring wire meeting astm a229.