How To Replace A Garage Door Springs Yourself

Carefully follow all of the safety instructions in this tutorial.

How to replace a garage door springs yourself.

Lift the door to a fully open position. Once you figure that out you can install the new one. If the door is off the floor and the roller is against the vise grip close the door with one hand and remove the vise grip with the other. Extension spring and torsion spring are the two types of garage door springs.

There are no cables or pulleys to deal with and the springs have internal safety rods. Open the garage door to remove all spring tension and clamp it in place. Once in place disconnect the. Replacing the pulleys must be done with the garage door open.

On one piece doors with side springs you open the door to relieve the spring tension and simply swap out the springs on the opener arm mechanism. Always stay out of the path of extension springs when the garage door is operating or when the door is closed assuming the cable or spring could break at any moment and the spring flies off and hits you. If the garage door stays on the floor by itself remove the vise grip from the track. Step 1 lift door.