Garage Door Extension Spring Wire Diameter

These sturdy garage door torsion springs are made of steel coils with aluminum cones and can withstand any weather making them the best buy for your garage door.

Garage door extension spring wire diameter.

Knowing the spring s length can help you find the wire size on the chart above. For a one car garage door carefully lower the garage door onto a bathroom scale in the center of the garage door. To order the correct springs for your garage door you ll need to know a few details about your door system. If you see a 1 75 on the cone the spring has a 13 4 inch diameter.

A more accurate method for weighing either a torsion spring door or an extension spring door is on our youtube channel. Garage door torsion springs for any wire size or length up to 39. Sometimes this number is written on the winding or stationary cone. This door would use two 210 pound lift extension springs.

Carefully remove the extension springs from the garage door. 2 means the inside diameter is two inches etc. The weight that shows on the bathroom scale is the size extension spring you need to order. Left wind springs are located on the right hand side of the door and right wind springs are located on the left side.

These high quality garage door torsion springs include cones installed on the springs and are sleek oil tempered and coated black for a strong smoother operation. Or if the door has four extension springs the door would use two 100 pound lift springs and two 110 pound lift springs. If you cannot find the size indication simply measure the inside diameter yourself. 1 75 means the inside diameter is 1 inches.