Long Life Torsion Springs
If your garage door springs have lasted less than five years, or if you plan to live where you are for many years, you may want to try the extra long life torsion springs. By using larger springs, you can, in most cases, quadruple your spring life while only doubling the cost of the springs. You will also avoid extra work down the road. The industry standard is 10-15,000 cycles for new doors. By increasing the spring wire several sizes, you can increase your spring life to over 100,000 cycles with the extra long life springs.
For springs weighing over 20 pounds each, we recommend adding extra shaft support brackets, pictured below to the left of the torsion spring.
The largest wire used on standard 1 ¾" and 2" plugs is .295. High cycle springs for heavier doors weighing over 300 pounds may need larger inside diameters, plugs and additional spring and support brackets. Please call for quotes if needed.
What is the difference between right and left wind springs?
On most garage doors, the spring on the left side of the center support bracket has a winding cone with red paint on it. This is a right wind spring.
The spring on the right side of the bracket usually has black paint on the winding cone. This is a left wind spring.
If you have only one spring on your garage door, just remember that if the spring is on the left side of the bracket, it is right wind, and if it is on the right of the bracket, it is left wind.
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. On these, the right wind spring will usually be on the right side of the bracket, and the left wind spring will be on the left side of the bracket.
Post time: Aug-24-2022