Recent content by Thisisyourcaptin

Glad you found something. I’ll have a post up on here later on the yoke set up. Cause of the weight of my door it’s going to be about 400 bucks cheaper to switch to dual coil set ups. I’ll have a right up on the conversion here soon. Prob lat Jan.

Removed the springs today. Brother in law and I lifted the door onto a scale and killed the scale. It maxed out at 350lbs and the door smashed the scale. Lol. It’s bent and dead. Soooo I have a have a$$ door. while the springs where down I replaced all four pulleys, the old ones where so worn...

Akron Ohio. have order most of the parts from Amazon. Just found two broke hinges. Not sure how I missed them. But looking at replacing all of them now with Green Hinge system.

I remember we had this on my parents house for 30 plus years with never ever having a repair done. Not saying that is good. But it was reliable and they never broke. Lower spring loading on each spring and if they go you still have use of the door. Also a lot less dangerous I’d imagin...

Made a folding working bench. It is now on folding caster wheels and can wheel around anywhere I want. When not needed the casters fold out of the way and I have a killer steady work surface. Folds up on the wall nice and tight and only protrudes around 8 inches or so. Still allows for the...

The Rebuild starts. Titan Sealed Precision Rollers from Dura-Lift. Replacing all 10. Suppose to be the best for both quiet and long life. We shall see. Cost was a few bucks more than the mid range. Figure that since I will be here for the long term might as well get the nice ones. Looking at...

Actually they just replied to my email from the other day. They are the ones that I was looking at mail ordering most of this from. Just need to go get the weight of the door now. Thanks, Ill look into them. It does not look overly hard to do. You just need to make sure you do it in the...

Yup, it’s going to be a big challenge for sure. And it is worn out. But Replacement of parts one at a time makes it easier to take on. But I cant afford to pay some till 2024, not a joke. First year pay at my airline cost me a 50k pay cut to get here. Will make up for that on 2nd year pay...

Hello everyone, New here and first post. Glad I found this place. I have a two car garage built in the 40s. The single two car door seems to have been replaced in the 60s according to my elderly neighbor. Last service tag hanging from the door opener was in 1993. It reads, “installed...