Adjusting Garage Door Tension Rod

The best and easiest way to level your crooked garage door.

Adjusting garage door tension rod.

Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension. This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable. Take a wrench to loosen the two screws on the cone. Close the garage door.

If the door remains at the halfway position. Lower the door and use 2 metal rods to adjust the tension in the spring. You must release the tension on the garage door springs before attempting adjustment or replacement. Lift up the door halfway from the inside using one of the cross members.

This is accomplished by opening the garage door as fully as possible until it hits the stop bolt on the track. Then insert another rod into a hole below the rod you already inserted. If you need to increase the spring tension hook the spring onto a lower hole on the track hanger. This item 2 pack 18 inch winding rods for torsion springs 0 5inch diameter steel winding bars for adjusting or replacing garage door tension springs with rubber handle premium 2pcs winding bars with non slip handle 1 2 inch in diameter x 18 inch in length used for garage door torsion spring.

Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way. If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket. Have another person hold the rod in place to make sure that it doesn t come out while you begin to loosen the screws. When you release the set screw you have to have a rod in place and be holding it to control the force of the spring.

The screws will need to be loosened to move the cone and adjust the tension of the rod. Retest the door balance as you did in step 1. Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger. Lower the garage door clamp or bolt it shut so it can t open and insert 1 metal rod into 1 of the holes around the perimeter of the spring.

Open the door fully by hand. Position a stepladder at the area of the automatic opener. Hold the garage door in this position by attaching a c clamp to the track at a point below the lowest door roller wheel. Unplug the power cord to the opener.

If your garage door cable is at an angle or l. Adjusting garage door springs of this type is not recommended for the average homeowner. If the rod comes loose then the torsion spring could snap and cause bodily harm.