Just wanted to say thanks. Also, because of the quality of your instruction I was able to see that the original installer failed to flip the bushing prior to bolting the old spring to the wall bracket.
Awesome job. Great explanation and dhould help hundreds of people. Now. Can youcome and replace both of mine at my rental unit ? Port saint lucoe florida ? Sunday, tomorrow? Haha... Thanks again
My door is big and has two springs. Is it common for the springs to be different lengths. The one that broke is 22” and the other is 24”. I measured multiple times.
I'm new to all this, but based on my research, the spring that isn't broke still has tension and is probably the one measuring shorter. Both springs need to be completely decompressed for an accurate measurement.
@LukesGarage I removed both my springs last night. I was blown away to find out someone had installed a 24" spring on the right, and a 26" spring on the left. No surprise it was the 24" spring that failed.
@@El_El_Guapoboth time the longer one, which is on the right if standing inside the garage, broke on me. I replaced both. We opened and closed our garage door continuously and wore out the springs!
Actually the size of your springs don’t matter as long as it’s the same IPPT score. Anyways yes it is common for your left hand spring to be smaller and your right hand spring to be bigger. Sometimes it saves money while hitting the same IPPT while other times it doesnt. So if your left hand spring or right hand spring is slightly smaller don’t worry you aren’t getting ripped off and no it doesn’t cause additional wear and tear to your door. What unfortunately does cause wear and tear is the fact that most people do not lube the springs and rollers and do not apply grease to their opener rail. If you are considering replacing your springs use unless they are stretch springs, use winding bars as shown in the video. If you do not use the right tools you will inevitably get hurt really really bad.
As a garage door tech the bushing was installed backwards. In residential as well as commercial doors the bearing or bushings should always be flush with the end cone of the spring.
Dam i have 2 springs backed up to each other .. the one that broke i measured 21" the other on the right measured almost 24 "... And yes. The cut piece 18" the leftover is 3"... soooooo do they have a 21 inch spring ??? Is the question
Excellent video you just saved us a ton of money Bud. Thank you.
I saved this video till it's time for me to do mines. Very well explained while doing the actual work
Most excellent. You are a great instructor. Thorough and easily understood. Thank you!!!
Just wanted to say thanks. Also, because of the quality of your instruction I was able to see that the original installer failed to flip the bushing prior to bolting the old spring to the wall bracket.
My garage door spring just broke. This is very helpful and easy to follow! Thanks for making and posting this video!
You are welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Very good, great explanation of the process! My daughter’s springs just broke. Will retain your video! Nice job!
Best video by far. Been looking for days. THANK YOU
You are welcome. Glad it was helpful!
WOW, what a great how to video.
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
my other - unbroken spring had 218-25 stamped on the spring, made ordering the replacement easy
Excellent explanation and beautiful production!
Thank you for the tutorial, you made it look so easy.
Very good video! Easy to follow instructions! THANKS
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
Absolutely fantastic. You're a lifesaver
Very very good video I will be using this all day tomorrow!
Excellent video. Thank you very much.
Great and very informative video
Very nicely done. About to have to do this on mine.
Awesome job. Great explanation and dhould help hundreds of people. Now. Can youcome and replace both of mine at my rental unit ? Port saint lucoe florida ?
Sunday, tomorrow?
Haha...
Thanks again
Could you help tell me a little bit details about the vise grip you used in the video? Thank you very much!
My door is big and has two springs. Is it common for the springs to be different lengths. The one that broke is 22” and the other is 24”. I measured multiple times.
I'm new to all this, but based on my research, the spring that isn't broke still has tension and is probably the one measuring shorter. Both springs need to be completely decompressed for an accurate measurement.
@@El_El_Guapo Appreciate the reply, I paid someone to do it. Wasn’t t worth my time or safety to try to attempt.
@LukesGarage I removed both my springs last night. I was blown away to find out someone had installed a 24" spring on the right, and a 26" spring on the left. No surprise it was the 24" spring that failed.
@@El_El_Guapoboth time the longer one, which is on the right if standing inside the garage, broke on me. I replaced both. We opened and closed our garage door continuously and wore out the springs!
Actually the size of your springs don’t matter as long as it’s the same IPPT score. Anyways yes it is common for your left hand spring to be smaller and your right hand spring to be bigger. Sometimes it saves money while hitting the same IPPT while other times it doesnt. So if your left hand spring or right hand spring is slightly smaller don’t worry you aren’t getting ripped off and no it doesn’t cause additional wear and tear to your door. What unfortunately does cause wear and tear is the fact that most people do not lube the springs and rollers and do not apply grease to their opener rail. If you are considering replacing your springs use unless they are stretch springs, use winding bars as shown in the video. If you do not use the right tools you will inevitably get hurt really really bad.
Was the bushing installed correctly? It was turned about
As a garage door tech the bushing was installed backwards. In residential as well as commercial doors the bearing or bushings should always be flush with the end cone of the spring.
Thanks, Now I need to figure out how much to charge 🤑
Dam i have 2 springs backed up to each other .. the one that broke i measured 21" the other on the right measured almost 24 "...
And yes. The cut piece 18" the leftover is 3"... soooooo do they have a 21 inch spring ??? Is the question
The broken spring is the correct measurement, the one that’s still attached is wound and has tension making it “longer”😀
What if you add 2 springs.how many turns
You need to spray wd40 on your spring every fall because the rust causes breakage 50% of the time.
You never use WD-40 it dries faster and will cause rust faster. You gotta use lubricant goon
Use silicone based lube instead