Recent content by lofty_the_albatross

Thanks everyone for the responses and help. I'm totally ignorant about all this. That is the fourth spring I've ever seen, and the other three didn't act like that. My buddy down the road didn't know what to think. I didnt want to mess up because of all the near death type warnings I've...

Mr. Tyrant, Hey, thanks you for letting me know your thoughts and what you would do. Now I feel kind of crappy because I chose to purchase from Home Depot and not that online place that only deals with this thing, like Garage Door Nation, etc.

I guess I'm alarmed at the difference between two new springs, a matched pair, from Home Depot. I don't think I articulated what i was trying to say with this post well with words, so here is a picture of both springs. They are both brand new. One sags greatly, which in my limited...

i could be confusing it with a buzzard, not sure..

thank you for taking the time to help me out.

hey, i ordered some torsion springs for my garage door from homedepot. one came taught, and one is flimsy. what gives ? i only ever seen'em taught. i can make a video if you would like to see it better than i can describe it.

hey figuring this garage stuff out. i joined cause i got a door to fix. but i been reading threads on this site for a while now. i got the gammut of probs with my garage and could use some hand holding.. so i figure why not join up with people that know about this stuff.. anyway.. glad to...