Measuring Garage Door Springs

First make sure the coils are compressed as gaps can deliver an inaccurate measurement.

Measuring garage door springs.

The best way to measure the wire size of your garage door springs is to simply measure 10 20 30 and 40 coils. To measure the wire size measure the length of 10 coils of the spring. The spring should be measure as it is unwound. Inside diameter 90 of doors have a 2 0 inside diameter 3.

For example a 14 high door is 168 high. Spring length how long each spring is 4. Cut a two by four this length with a handsaw. In order to order new springs you will need to measure as accurately as possible your current spring s and find the.

Measuring the garage door extension springs first measure the length of the spring. If your 10 coil count measures 2 1 2 inches you have 25 inch wires. Measure the distance from the garage floor to the underside of the door at the outer edge and add 2 inches. Inside diameter 90 of doors have a 2 0 inside diameter 3.

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. Spring orientation if ordering just one spring left wound or right wound. 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. Spring orientation only worry about this if you have a 1 s.

If you have 1 1 4 inches in a 10 coil count the wires are 0 125. This is the number of turns that are on your spring. Divide the height of the garage door by the cable drum circumference then add one. 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.