Recent content by general ike

Yeah John thanks for the reply, info and the assistance. Working well. I think they might settle in as well. I will wait till next time out and maybe add a quarter back in in one side to see what it will do. I can finally get two cars my lift. That frees up a lot of space in the garage to...

John and anyone interested. Thanks for the response. I did not get a notification about your response as well!! Well some progress, a lot. I spent this weekend moving the tracks and adding the two sections. I also moved the torsion bar to within four inches from the ceiling. The tracks wound...

John, no rush but have you had an opportunity to take a look and see if I can reuse my springs and the existing drums? I found some pics of the existing springs labels. I don't know what info they might give. I will also be out to the garage this weekend so if any additional info is need I can...

John than you for your time and effort!!!! Firebird thanks that is how I understood it as well but with that much cable wrapped you are not using that much of the cone section and I could not understand it since it did no make sense. I now understand that in my application we are barely using...

John the weight of the door is from clopay. I had verified with them. I won’t be able to get the dimensions till the 18th so it might need to wait till then. When you say dimensions do you mean length and width? The glass is double pane thickness but I think you mean I might need to add a...

Thanks all!!! John thank you greatly for taking the time to draw this out and calculate everything. Excellent I am a very handy person. Did most of the rehab of my house by myself so this should not be too complicated. I hope!!!! My confusion and perhaps Pattenp as well is that all the angled...

Thanks all I greatly appreciate the help. Some answers and more questions: John thanks for the response!!! I have been somewhat inconsistent with my measurements when it comes to he track sadly. The home its in is a summer house that I am only there every other weekend so I cant simply go out...

Hey all, absolutely great info on this forum. I have been doing some research on a highlift conversion to give me some room for my four post car lift. I have it mostly figure out, thanks to you all but I have run into a road block trying to figure out my cable length I plan on using a cable...

HotrodHR I have looked through their videos and emailed them. They advise me that the closest I should get is 8.25 inches to the ceiling. I am not sure if I can or should get any closer. Nadogail, That is my concern as well. Obviously garage parts manufacturer's want to sell parts, springs. My...

Odis carpeting in the garage!! very classy!!! Interesting concept but for me I have no other location to place them higher. IKe

Rnixon, I assume that limits the height the door can open along the track? My geometry is old but I figure you can not get the door edge above the drum height? Pattenp I saw a video of someone recycling a classic rear chain drive motor mounting it vertically and install a sprocket and chain...

Thank you Matt, greatly appreciate a response. I assumed that the drums ( no room for any extra cable), the cable and a track section will definitely be needed. The springs I questioned due to the small amount of height I would be raising the door by. I do understand that I have added some...

Hey all I am new here so be kind!!! I am raising my Clopay Design 13 9X8 with double standard torsion springs, door to a high lift for a car lift clearance. Sadly there is only 27 in from the top of the door to the 123 in ceiling height. The tracks are currently 18.5 inches from the ceiling...