Temporary torsion spring repair.

[Kevkx125]

This is what my door co. did for me before they replaced the springs.

 

[PoorUB]

I had a torsion spring break. I wanted to replace the door anyway. I camped the reak to get her with a cable clamp and wound the spring up. It held as long as I needed.

 

[Bucko]

I had a torsion spring break. I wanted to replace the door anyway. I camped the reak to get her with a cable clamp and wound the spring up. It held as long g as I needed.

I had one break on a door with my wife's car inside and it was a single sectional wood door that would not come up without the help of the spring. I pulled the spring off and welded it completely around about 2 inches wide. Threw it back on and it held up for about a year before breaking about 6 inches down. Went and bought a completely new door after that.

 

[infinkc]

Interesting, guess it’s a good bandaid if they didn’t have a replacement spring. Would think most repair places would as that’s a normal repair job. Just ***** for them cause they have to do the job twice.

 

[FredWanaker]

Lord forbid that thing come loose while the spring is loaded.

 

[captain14]

The door guy at work used to do the same temporary repair on the bay door at fire stations so we could get the apparatus out for calls until the replacement arrived.

 

[vpd66]

Many moons ago I did a stint for 11 months with an overhead door company when I was between jobs. We did that same temporary repair in certain situations if we didn't have the correct replacement spring and had to order one. It was always just a temp fix until the correct new spring came in.

 

[metlmunchr]

Door on my attached garage is 20ft wide. Not something I would've bought,but it came with the house. Spring broke one morning and there was no way my wife and I could raise the door to get her car out.

I called a place that's been in business since the 60s, and the owner said immediately that they'd have to order the springs as they only ran into a 20ft door about once every 5 years. Said he had a man on the way to a job a couple miles from my house, so he'd call him and have him come by here first and get the spring sizes, and see if he could do a temp repair.

Half hour later the man shows up, checks the springs and calls the info back to the office so they can get the order going. Then he used a couple small cable clamps just like you'd use on wire rope to clamp the spring back together. Rewound the spring and was gone in a half hour.

Couple days later, he's back with the new springs and a helper. Since everything was 30 yrs old, I had them replace all the rollers too. The bill for 2 trips, all labor, springs and rollers was $265. If all companies were as reasonable and efficient as those folks, I'd hire a lot more stuff done rather than doing just about everything myself.

 

[mikedodge]

Clamps are common as a temporary fix until the spring comes in. There's different sizes so you can't expect them to have everything in stock. One time when ours broke i think they did have the size off a previous repair and I guess a supplier in the city had it and they were able to replace it in a single visit.

 

[rburke65]

I have never seen or heard of a repair like this.

 

[Jtrudel90]

definitely one for the books

 

[39Tudor]

Last time I broke a door spring, the door company came out to make the repair but did not have the correct springs in stock. They temporarily repaired the damage spring until they could return to install the correct springs. Door tech said they do this all the time so people can still use their garage door. Have to say I was a little shocked but we did not have any problems with the temp repair.

 

[jstroede]

Interesting, guess it’s a good bandaid if they didn’t have a replacement spring. Would think most repair places would as that’s a normal repair job. Just ***** for them cause they have to do the job twice.

Springs are hard to get right now for the service side. Supply is LOW on torsion springs and what is available is going for use with new doors.

 

[jstroede]

Door on my attached garage is 20ft wide. Not something I would've bought,but it came with the house. Spring broke one morning and there was no way my wife and I could raise the door to get her car out.

I called a place that's been in business since the 60s, and the owner said immediately that they'd have to order the springs as they only ran into a 20ft door about once every 5 years. Said he had a man on the way to a job a couple miles from my house, so he'd call him and have him come by here first and get the spring sizes, and see if he could do a temp repair.

Half hour later the man shows up, checks the springs and calls the info back to the office so they can get the order going. Then he used a couple small cable clamps just like you'd use on wire rope to clamp the spring back together. Rewound the spring and was gone in a half hour.

Couple days later, he's back with the new springs and a helper. Since everything was 30 yrs old, I had them replace all the rollers too. The bill for 2 trips, all labor, springs and rollers was $265. If all companies were as reasonable and efficient as those folks, I'd hire a lot more stuff done rather than doing just about everything myself.

Amen to pretty much everything there!!

 

[nadogail]

A temporary repair is sort of like giving you a bandage and two aspirin when you have a broken arm.

 

[38Chevy454]

Interesting, guess it’s a good bandaid if they didn’t have a replacement spring. Would think most repair places would as that’s a normal repair job. Just ***** for them cause they have to do the job twice.

Agree on two service calls, but you have a happy customer twice as well. First time for the temp repair and second for the permanent repair.

 

[KSJeff]

If that's on my door, someone else is winding it. I've never seen that. Can't think of any reason it wouldn't work though.

I did my own last time, but after I found out about the prices to do this here in town, I'll never do it myself again.

 

[duneslider]

Springs can be extremely hard to get right now. There is a significant shortage of door springs.

 

[Jlbc212]

I worked as an overhead door mechanic for several years. Clamping together a broken torsion spring for a temporary repair was a standard procedure.