Prime line products gd 12234 garage door torsion spring 250 in.
Garage door right hand wound.
What can we say it can appear a bit complicated.
The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction.
If the spring is mounted on the right side of center the spring is left hand wound.
This rule is only inapplicable if your garage door utilizes a reverse spring system.
There is a lot of confusion among people regarding right hand winding torsion spring and left hand winding torsion spring.
Standing inside the garage looking at the spring s if the spring is mounted left side of center the spring is right hand wound.
Thus they have their end of wire on the right side.
If the spring is mounted on the right side of center the spring is left hand wound.
Look at the end of your spring and refer to example below.
Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring as seen from the back of the door.
They call it a right spring but when you are looking at the door from the inside it goes on the left side and vice versa.
X 32 in green right hand wind prime line gd 52238 torsion spring winding rods the only tools recommended for adjusting or replacing garage door tension springs 1 2 diameter x 16 long round steel rods pack of 2.
Look at the end of your spring and refer to example below.