Broken Torsion Spring Garage Door

The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be.
Broken torsion spring garage door. 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. 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. This video will show you how to open a garage door if one of the torsion spring is broken. If you have a wayne dalton torquemaster system pictured below the springs will be inside a tube.
You will have to look up at the springs to determine if one is broken. Replacing garage door springs is not a do it yourself project replacement requires special tools and techniques to prevent injury. This video will show you how to open a garage door if one of the torsion spring is broken. A garage door should not be opened until the spring is repaired.