Garage Door Torsion Spring Systems

If you re in the market for new garage door springs be sure to factor in the added benefits of a torsion spring system.

Garage door torsion spring systems.

For all other types of springs go to our garage door springs page. As mentioned earlier some garage door systems come with number of torsion springs while others come with a single spring. Track sets come in bolted and riveted solutions and suitable for panel overhead doors. A rear torsion spring system is perfect when there is low head room in a garage.

To buy standard garage door torsion springs go directly to our torsion spring prices at the bottom of this page. For an engineer s perspective on torsion springs we recommend you visit richard kinch s page titled how i replaced deadly garage door torsion springs and lived to tell the tale. The entire apparatus mounts on the header wall above the garage door and has three supports. If possible though we recommend torsion.

If you aren t able to install a rear torsion spring system on a low head room garage you ll need to install extension springs. You can further boost the roi of your investment by choosing longer lasting torsion springs over extensions springs. Our system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process with the ability to set the spring tension in seconds with a 3 8 power drill. Garage door torsion springs hold high amounts of torque within them and mishandling the springs has to potential for them to release this torque suddenly causing you a great deal of injury or even worse.

A torsion spring counterbalance system consists of one or two tightly wound up springs on a steel shaft with cable drums at both ends.