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Originally Posted by ard
Buy a new spring and pop it in! 30 minutes. Waiting for the garage door man to show up and be there while he does the work is more time than the fix should take.
But people do get freaked out by the red warning label on it!  |
There's a good reason people should be careful when changing garage door springs. On my double, heavy wooden door, a lot of torque is required on the springs. If you use incorrect tools or you don't know how to position yourself when torquing each spring, you risk serious injury:
I used these instructions and got the parts from Amazon, including the correct bars:
How to Replace Garage Door Torsion Springs
It took some reading and probably over an hour of actual work. Disassembling and loosening the old springs took a considerable part of the time.