There is a lot of confusion among people regarding right hand winding torsion spring and left hand winding torsion spring.
Garage door springs 19 inch left hand wind.
To measure the torsion springs follow each of the following steps carefully.
The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction.
If there are multiple springs on your garage door we strongly recommend replacing both torsion springs.
We we offer a vast selection of wire and spring sizes and both left and right wind torsion.
Use this method if the door worked correctly before the spring s broke and the garage door has not been tampered with.
This item prime line gd 12229 left hand wind garage door torsion spring replace broken garage door springs 243 x 1 3 4 x 32 red left hand wind premium 2pcs winding bars with non slip handle 1 2 inch in diameter x 18 inch in length used for garage door torsion spring.
If the garage door has two springs measure each spring individually.
Professional series springs not from china torsion spring s for torsion systems set above the garage door.
In most cases you can determine the wind of your garage door torsion spring by using the color coded system on the cones at the end of the spring.
It is not uncommon to have two different size springs.
Garage door spring wind direction color chart.
That is unless it s a reverse torsion system which we are not going to discuss right now.
Winding bars are 18 in length and are also advised when winding and un winding springs.