Garage door springs
Garage door springs have a service life of about 10,000 times, and it is inevitable that garage door springs will eventually fail. Buy these garage door springs from HSPR and have your garage door restored as new in no time.
The cost for replacing garage door springs cannot be determined, but four specific items to replace the garage door spring need to be clarified:
- Wire size
- Inside diameter
- Spring length
- Spring winding method (left-handed or right-handed)
The wire size of the spring can be determined by several different tools or techniques, and the use of calipers, micrometers, or wire gauges is a common way to determine the wire size of the spring. Without these tools, you need to measure ten turns of wire, accurate to 1/16 of an inch. The spring must be tightly compressed, there is no gap, and it is also a very good idea to measure twenty turns of wire for double checking.
The torsion spring has a retaining cone that secures the spring to the spring anchor bracket, which is thus secured to the wall, so that the retaining cone does not move. The torsion spring has a winding cone at the other end. A winding cone is used to install, adjust and unload the spring, and when the torsion spring is installed, the coil of the spring is rolled up to produce a large amount of torque.
cost to replace two garage door springs
- If you have two torque springs on your door, they should be replaced at the same time. Most door springs have the same cycle life rating. In other words, when one spring breaks, another spring may soon break. Since it’s hard to replace one torsion spring, it’s better to replace two at the same time, which will save you time in the garage as well as shipping costs.
- However, some doors have two springs of different sizes. In many cases, the cycle life of a broken spring is shorter than that of an unbroken spring. This means that the unbroken spring may have thousands of cycles left. If you only replace one spring now, you may need to replace another spring soon. Therefore, we recommend that you still replace both springs, but purchase a spring with the same length, inner diameter, and wire size.
- So what you need to determine is the cost of replacing two garage door springs.
Different spring sizes?
- If you have two springs of different sizes, we recommend switching to a pair of springs of the same size, although it is possible to use mismatched springs, but when the spring length, wire diameter and inner diameter are the same, you are more likely to get the maximum cycle life from a pair of springs.
Longer life torsion spring rotation
- The cycle life of a torsion spring is a rating of how many cycles the spring should make before breaking. The cycle life rating does not take into account premature fracture, which is usually caused by debris in the steel or a highly corrosive environment.
The standard cycle life of the garage door industry is 10,000 cycles. Springs with fewer than 10,000 cycles are considered too stressed and are not recommended for use. If you want the spring to cycle more than 10,000 times, the new torsion spring requires a larger wire size. The larger the wire, the longer it takes for the spring to break, because thicker steel needs to bend more before it can break.
If you increase the wire size of the spring, you will also need to increase the length to maintain the same lift and torque ratings. For narrower, heavier doors, it may also be necessary to increase the inside diameter to allow enough space on the shaft to mount the spring.
When ordering garage door springs, it is necessary to note that the springs often fail at a time, so even if only one spring is damaged, it is best to order two sets. The price of garage door springs is determined according to the parameters of your specific spring purchase.We will provide you with the best garage door springs.
