Henderson Garage Doors Spring Tensioning

Re tension garage door spring.

Henderson garage doors spring tensioning.

Through the use of pulleys they perform the same function as the torsion springs. To retension a henderson garage up and over door first slacken off the allen screw in the left side of the door situated in the round block about a third the distance from the end of the rod which the large spring covers. Henderson premier doors have 2 crook pin holes left side right side. Henderson you can follow these instructions for some repairs on wessex birtley and king cables and overhead canopy springs garador can be used also for repairs on westland and catnic cables springs and roller spindles cardale can also be used for repairs to most wessex wickes apex cables springs and roller spindles.

Attach new cable and cones by punching out the roll pin in the cone fit new cone and pin in place of it. You need proper tension on a garage door to operate the door by hand or with an automatic opener. Discussion in windows and doors started by squowse 21 mar 2010. A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem.

Thanks i managed it quite quickly today using the instructions on henderson s and the garage door spares website. Always replace garage door springs as. Fitting instructions for the most popular makes of garage doors. This is done by putting the crook pin in the isolating hole in the long bar that runs through the cones main spring.

The springs are located at the top inside part of the garage door. 21 aug 2008 messages. The upper garage door track. I used a couple of 7mm round bars off my sash cramps to.

The torsion spring helps the garage door open and close easily. The first step is to isolate the tension from the main spring. By doing this it makes the door safe to work on. Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease.