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1. winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:36:27 -0500 (EST); I've got a weak garage door that has a wound spring around a rod at the front top of the door... Do I just need a couple rods of the appropriate size to wind a little more tension into the spring? P; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00035.html (7,911 bytes)
2. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:05:56 -0600; For heavy doors, use pretty good steel rods . . I had one that bent my sorry rebar rods when I put some heavy tension on them. Mine would be impossible to access if the door is up; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00037.html (8,300 bytes)
3. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>; Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:00:38 -0500; Pretty much yes. Some notes: Be careful. Lots of force involved. Have a buddy with you, if you drop the wrench when holding the rods, you are screwed. Works well to have one person working the rods,; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00038.html (9,308 bytes)
4. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>; Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:14:13 -0500; I don't know if it was correct, but that is how I have adjusted mine. I use one rod to turn it, the other to hold it while I then take another bite, and turn it one more quarter. I do this with the d; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00039.html (9,450 bytes)
5. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:14:09 -0500; BE CAREFUL. Those springs are wound really tight. The first time I undid one, I wasn't expecting it to be that much force, and I nearly lost my grip on the tool. I've got a pair of tools I use for ad; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00040.html (9,744 bytes)
6. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: wmc_st@xxiii.com; Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:36:18 -0500; As you've probably heard, garage door springs are considered "a very dangerous thing you should not attempt to service yourself." Ha! Nonsense I thought, I'll just ask the shop-talk guys (s.b in the; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00041.html (9,569 bytes)
7. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:08:31 -0600; If you don't know what you are doing with garage-door springs, hire someone that does. These things can be lethal to the novice. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00042.html (8,795 bytes)
8. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:04:33 -0800; You described the technique perfectly. Do the adjusting with the door down, so you can heft the door to check the adjustment. - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00044.html (8,259 bytes)
9. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Derek Harling <dereklola@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 05:43:59 -0800 (PST); Believe it or not there is another way which I found out of necessity on my trailer ramp door [same arrangement]. With the door UP there was no, or almost no, tension in the spring so I just looped a; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00047.html (8,048 bytes)
10. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:16:18 -0800 (PST); I've never done. I've watched it being done by a pro. He had two rods that fit the holes very snugly. He did one side at a time: draw a line across the spring horizontally. Put a rod in the top hole; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00050.html (8,689 bytes)
11. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: "Mark Andy" <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:20:58 -0500 (EST); This website had a (extremely complete) description, and was somewhat funny... http://truetex.com/garage.htm While I won't be trying to do it while drunk or something, this really seems pretty strai; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00051.html (7,996 bytes)
12. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: "Jim S." <aztvr@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:48:25 -0800 (PST); I have done it myself like that, but it was scary, and I realized I could have seriously damage something with flying rods. (something covered with hair or skin). My neighbor did it himself even afte; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00056.html (8,662 bytes)
13. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:27:23 -0500 (EST); It's me again, the guy that asked about winding garage door springs. Just got done tightening up the spring. I appreciate that this is dangerous and all, but its pretty damned easy to do. If you're; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00058.html (8,593 bytes)

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