Broken Garage Door Torsion Springs

First do not try to lift the door by hand or using the opener as you can hurt yourself lifting a heavy garage door by hand and burn out the opener using it to try to open a door with a broken spring.

Broken garage door torsion springs.

Garage door spring cost. When a spring breaks on a garage door an immense amount of energy is displaced. Otherwise replace both the left and right springs at the same time to save yourself from having to do the job twice. Repairing a broken garage door spring costs 40 to 80 for winding balancing and lubricating the springs.

The springs used by our competition range anywhere from 5 000 10 000 cycles whereas we use a high grade steel spring rated for 25 000 50 000 cycles. A garage door should not be opened until the spring is repaired. The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be. A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight.

Replace your garage door springs. Look at our selection and choose the right size for your garage door. If it is really heavy then you most likely have a broken garage door spring. If your garage door springs are worn or even broken don t spend money on a professional installer.

If you re concerned about tackling this project on your own consider hiring out the job to a professional. Your garage door. Garage door springs alone cost 30 to 100 for a torsion spring and 20 to 50 for an extension spring. Next try to lift the door.

Garage door spring replacement costs 120 to 350 on average. Torsion springs are mounted over the garage door and they have a shaft running through the middle. We can provide you with all the components you need and have an instructional video on how to replace the torsion springs. If your garage door isn t operating properly the torsion springs are likely to blame.

Garage door springs to repair fix change and replace broken springs including torsion and torquemaster springs. Just like car tires are rated by miles garage door springs are rated by an estimated number of cycles 1 cycle your garage door going up and down one time. Replacing garage door springs is not a do it yourself project replacement requires special tools and techniques to prevent injury.