Broken Garage Door Torsion Springs

When a spring breaks on a garage door an immense amount of energy is displaced.

Broken garage door torsion springs.

Garage doors are heavy and without a spring load they can cause injury if they fall. When they break the spring unwinds in less than a second and creates a loud noise due to the coils spinning on the shaft. In order to replace your garage door spring s you will need to find the current measurements in order to accurately replace the spring s. Our top quality garage door torsion springs are rated for 25 000 to 50 000 cycles 1 cycle is the equivalent of your garage door going up and down 1 time compared to standard springs.

This should take about 3 minutes and you don t need to remove the springs or loosen the tension to measure them. Garage door spring cost. Torsion springs are mounted over the garage door and they have a shaft running through the middle. The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be.

Torsion springs can be found on the wall above the garage door and are used for larger garage doors. Repairing a broken garage door spring costs 40 to 80 for winding balancing and lubricating the springs. Garage door springs alone cost 30 to 100 for a torsion spring and 20 to 50 for an extension spring. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation.

A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight. Install new or use this pair of left install new or use this pair of left and right wound torsion springs to replace broken sectional garage door torsion springs. Most garage doors have two springs installed at the same time when one breaks it s safe to say the second spring s life expectancy has just about expired. In order to save you from future inconvenience unsafe garage door practices and damaging your garage door opener precision will usually recommend to replace both springs.

Precision door service of orange county stocks quality torsion springs and our technicians are trained to evaluate and fix your broken garage door springs. Garage door spring replacement costs 120 to 350 on average.