Measuring Garage Door Springs

Measuring the garage door extension springs first measure the length of the spring.

Measuring garage door springs.

Inside diameter 90 of doors have a 2 0 inside diameter 3. This is the number of turns that are on your spring. Spring orientation if ordering just one spring left wound or right wound. First make sure the coils are compressed as gaps can deliver an inaccurate measurement.

Spring orientation only worry about this if you have a 1 s. Measure the distance from the garage floor to the underside of the door at the outer edge and add 2 inches. The spring should be measure as it is unwound. Insert the end of the tape measure between two coils count to 10 coils and pull the measure to the point between the 10th and 11th coils.

Inside diameter 90 of doors have a 2 0 inside diameter 3. Install the two by four vertically at the. Measure the circumference of the cable drum and measure the height of the garage door in inches. Cut a two by four this length with a handsaw.

For other measurements talk to a garage door repair professional or find a 10 coil measurement chart online. To measure the wire size measure the length of 10 coils of the spring. If your 10 coil count measures 2 1 2 inches you have 25 inch wires. The best way to measure the wire size of your garage door springs is to simply measure 10 20 30 and 40 coils.

Spring length how long each spring is 4. If you have 1 1 4 inches in a 10 coil count the wires are 0 125. After you measure the length of this spring you need to measure the diameter of the spring. In order to order new garage door torsion springs you will need to measure as accurately as possible your current spring s and find the.

For example a 14 high door is 168 high.