Hold the garage door and remove the vise grips from the track after the spring tension has been adjusted.
Garage door spring does not stay tight.
While the pulley is disconnected from the spring give it a quick hard look.
You need proper tension on a garage door to operate the door by hand or with an automatic opener.
Simply disconnect these two attachments and reattach the new spring in the same way.
Slowly close your door about halfway and release it.
Close the garage door and pull the emergency release.
Another thing that can reveal a broken torsion spring is a loud bang emanating from your garage.
There are of course many other problems that can keep your garage door from functioning properly.
If that point is more than four feet or less than three feet above the ground you will need to balance the door.
Bottom of the door is up on one side.
Release your hold on the door and see if it stays up all the way.
If it stays in place your spring or springs are fine.
This will disconnect the opener from the door and allow you to open it manually.
2 brace the open door.
Ideally the door should slowly float up from this point.
A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem.
Be sure not to twist the garage door cable when reattaching the pulley.
One of the more difficult problems for do it yourselfers to diagnose is a worn cable pulley on an extension spring door.
Move the garage door up and down until you find a place where the door stays suspended when you let go.
Lift the door manually to about waist height bring it to a stop and let go of it.
Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease.
If the door feels very heavy and will not move easily it is likely that your torsion springs which counterbalance the garage door s weight are faulty or broken.
