Torsion Spring Garage Door Spring Injury

Breaking a garage door torsion spring captured at 240 frames per second and slowed down 4x speed.

Torsion spring garage door spring injury.

If your garage door spring is broken your garage door becomes very difficult to lift. Couldn t feel a thing and they were bloody. It may save you a lot of time money and potential injury. At american garage door supply inc.

However the most common danger comes when your torsion springs break and you decide to undertake the repair replace them yourself. For safety reasons homegarage ca recommends that only a qualified professional install or adjust torsion springs by carefully and properly following the manufacturer s instructions also using the proper specialized tools required. Broken garage door torsion springs make it nearly impossible to use your garage door. Garage door torsion springs cables brackets and other hardware attached to the springs are under very high tension and if handled or installed improperly can cause serious injury.

To get injured by them you need to be up close and working on them. The coil was like a wet noodle at the part there was a gap and was still connected. Turns out the spring wasn t broken. If you want to replace the torsion spring on your door read this first.

You can choose and purchase torsion springs and extension springs for just about any commercial or residential garage door project right. Garage door torsion springs repair and replacement. Most standard residential torsion systems have two torsion springs one on the right and left. Or more the energy they conserve is sufficient to cause a major injury or even death.

A garage door with a broken torsion spring can fall rapidly and cause injury or death. Then we clamp it back. Springs are a major part of your garage door unlike other components if a spring breaks you need to replace it to keep your garage door functioning and operating properly. 2 0 watch as we wind up this garage door spring until it breaks.

While garage door torsion springs can handle weights of up to 800 lbs. The left spring is right hand wound rhw and the right spring is left hand wound lhw. Torsion springs extension springs and other garage door hardware can cause serious injury or death if not handled and installed properly. Liftmaster model gh501l5 operator 1 2hp w 45 1 speed red.

If one spring is broken on your torsion system we highly recommend replacing both springs. The garage door torsion spring is located above the garage door while considering rear torsion applications it s located behind the door. Destructive testing on the new and improved torsion spring dyno ver. Professional installation is recommended.