Hi, I'm building a garage and am attempting to install a 12x14 garage door from Clopay. I wound the without issues, but the second spring starts to deform when I get to the 10th out 13.8 rotations. I completely unwound it and tried again with the same results. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I am doing wrong? Thanks, would greatly appreciate your help.
Garage door torsion spring distorting while winding
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PWC Repair
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Winding the wrong direction, or spring on the wrong way.
Thanks for the reply! It's definitely wound in the correct direction (winding in direction that pulls on end of spring decreasing diameter). Please explain the second thing you said about spring being on the wrong way. The door came with 2 springs , a right and a left. I feel like I attached both of them in the same manner, the spring on the right wound perfectly. The spring in the picture is the one on the right hand side. Thanks again
wssix99
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After you are done winding the spring, you need to pull it and "stretch" it out by an inch or so. If you don't do this, the spring will be too tight against its own coils and it will slinky on you like is in your picture.
If you watch good YouTube videos on spring winding, they will show how to stretch the spring out on the last wind to give it room.
If you watch good YouTube videos on spring winding, they will show how to stretch the spring out on the last wind to give it room.
The answer above, it is called coil bind.
BurtEggley
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wow, I think our double wide door only has six plus winds on each side.
reader2580
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That looks very similar to what happened when I put my springs on the wrong sides. I had to replace the springs as the springs came loose from the cups. Your picture looks like the spring might be coming off the cup, but it is hard to tell for sure.
Could it be you accidentally got two rights, or two lefts, instead of left and right? I bought a door for my new garage and ended up with two of the same spring for the same side. At least I didn't install them before I realized I had two of the same spring.
Could it be you accidentally got two rights, or two lefts, instead of left and right? I bought a door for my new garage and ended up with two of the same spring for the same side. At least I didn't install them before I realized I had two of the same spring.
BillK
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Is your picture reversed ? That looks like the left side of the door to me.
PWC Repair
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Cant be ..........you can read the name on that yellow tape.
PWC Repair
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I see red paint markings....so, that's the LEFT side which uses a RIGHT hand wound spring.
pattenp
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The left sping looking at the winding end the coil should be right hand coil or clockwise coiled, so when winding you wind counter clockwise.
PWC Repair
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Which would mean pushing your winding bar up towards the ceiling. Is that the way you did it?
BillK
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Doh.... you are right
andyvh1959
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Last summer I replaced the springs on my Coplay door (its 20+ years old) that has no other tracking or binding issues. One of the original springs snapped. When I tightened the springs the left one, facing out, wound up just fine. The right one twisted up on itself, but only for 1/3 the length of the spring, and stayed that way even after I relaxed it and tried to re-torque it. Nope, same result. Before I tightened them, I made sure I had stretched the spring out per the instructions, tightened the end bolt, torqured it. I thought maybe I had stretched the RH spring too much. Got another spring from Menards, same spec. Installed it, stretched it, torqued it. No issues. Been fine since. I still think the spring was more the issue than the way I installed it. Sent a claim to Coplay, with the explanation, pictures, got nothing back.
BillK
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Any updates ?