Depending on the brand.
Garage door wont go down after new spring.
A pulley through which the garage door cable is threaded.
If you re in the habit of leaving the garage door open a variety of things including.
Bottom of the door is up on one side.
If the door goes up but you can t make it go down you probably need to adjust the sensors.
Otherwise it will fall breaking all of your windows.
Perfect solutions recommends replacing all springs on your door even if only 1 snaps or breaks.
The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground.
Extension springs do as their name suggests.
Adjusting garage door extension springs extension springs are the ones that run just above the overhead track.
You may wish to work on your garage door extension spring with your garage door up.
This we believe is the most cost effective solution long term.
If you ve checked the door springs and the track for obstacles and those things appear to be fine check to see if the lock on the door is engaged.
Simply disconnect these two attachments and reattach the new spring in the same way.
If you do so you need to clamp vice grips on the door.
If your garage door doesn t open but the opener motor runs for just a few seconds and then shuts off the garage door itself may have manually been locked.
There are of course many other problems that can keep your garage door from functioning properly.
If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye.
The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature.
When garage doors won t close all of the way or they close unevenly spring adjustment may be called for.
They have cables threaded through them and a cable that is threaded around a pulley.
They extend as your door moves and helps to balance your garage door.
Springs in general last about 10 14 years or 15 20 thousand cycles.
How to fix a garage door that won t go all the way down safety sensors.
If you are underneath it it will come down on you like a guillotine.
First check the sensor lights.
While the pulley is disconnected from the spring give it a quick hard look.
Be sure not to twist the garage door cable when reattaching the pulley.
