Broken Spring on a Double Garage Door Replaced in Lakewood
A broken torsion spring on a two-car door replaced with a new pair of springs and the door rebalanced.
- LocationLakewood, Pierce County
- ProjectResidential · Repair
- ServiceBroken spring repair
- SystemTorsion spring system
One Spring Gone, Two Springs Back
This two-car door in Lakewood was running on a single torsion spring, and it had broken. In the before photo the spring sits in one piece along the shaft with the break visible near the centre bracket; with no tension on it, the opener could not lift the weight of a double door.
Next Door Garage Door Service carried out a broken spring repair, removing the failed spring and fitting a pair of new torsion springs, one on each side of the centre bearing plate. On a wide door a pair shares the load more evenly than a single long spring and tends to last longer.
The springs were wound to the right tension for the weight of this door, the cables and drums were checked, and the door was rebalanced and run through its full travel with the opener. If a spring on your door has snapped, stop using it and keep clear of the opening until a technician arrives; our repair and maintenance pages explain what else gets checked at the same time.
Services used on this project
- Broken spring repairBroken single torsion spring removed; new pair of springs fitted either side of the centre bracket, wound to tension and the door rebalanced
BeforeAfter
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Before and After
The single broken spring on the shaft before, and the new pair of springs after. Click any photo to view it larger.
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