Two Schools of Thought: Garage Door Torsion Spring Replacement

Posted on March 04, 2015 in Uncategorized

Picture this: You walk into your garage in the morning, hit the garage door opener button, and-snap-your garage door torsion spring just snapped. Now what?

If you're like most, you will head to Google, type in something along the lines of "Broken Garage Door Spring," "Garage Door Spring Repair," or "What to do When Your Garage Door Spring Breaks."

Of course, when you head to Google, you will see two generic schools of thought interspersed on the first few pages:

Pages that recommend that only a qualified technician work on your garage door torsion spring.
Pages that recommend that you can do it yourself

Both sides of this argument are trying to sell you something, whether it be the service itself, or the parts and tools needed to attempt to repair your garage door torsion spring.

We could easily tell you, as a company that services garage door openers and torsion springs that replacing said torsion spring is a confusing, dangerous, and complicated process that could result in a hospital trip.

However, with YouTube and About.com available to show you how to replace it, we can't argue with your desire to save money and feel handy.

Here is a 20-minute video on replacing a garage door spring on YouTube (It doesn't take 20 minutes).
Here is a short explanation on how to repair your torsion spring on your own for around $150.

You were going to find them anyway. Now that you've taken the time to watch and read, we have a few questions.

Are you:

Sufficiently confused?
Wondering about what size torsion spring you need?
Concerned about the fact that:
- You will be waiting for a company to ship you materials?
- You will have a hard time finding a company that will sell a torsion spring to an amateur?
Worried about unwinding a cable under intense pressure?

If you feel confident in your ability to follow every step perfectly, you'll have your nonrefundable (All Sales Final) torsion spring kit in the mail in about three business days (via Garage Door Nation FAQ).

Then, you can start the process of the repair, which will take a few hours if you do it right.