Right Hand Garage Door Spring

Torsion springs are non returnable.

Right hand garage door spring.

They call it a right spring but when you are looking at the door from the inside it goes on the left side and vice versa. The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction. Garage doors utilize one of two different types of spring and it s crucial to purchase the right one for your door. There is a lot of confusion among people regarding right hand winding torsion spring and left hand winding torsion spring.

The four specific items required to purchase the correct replacement mini warehouse garage door torsion spring. X 32 in yellow left hand wind 4 7 out of 5 stars 129 66 25. Thankfully determining which type of spring your door uses is easy. Garage door torsion spring 0 243 x 1 3 4 in.

Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring as seen from the back of the door. Things to know about garage door torsion springs. What can we say it can appear a bit complicated. Prime line products gd 12234 garage door torsion spring 250 in.

The left wound spring is installed on the right hand side of the door as your standing inside your garage looking out please measure twice. If the springs are attached to the wall directly over the door itself you have torsion springs. 1 wire size 2 inside diameter 3 length of spring 4 wind of spring right or left wound wire size. The left and right springs.

On the contrary it is very simple to determine the winding type of a garage door spring. Most standard residential torsion systems have two torsion springs one on the right and left. Usually most garage doors will feature two springs which are separated by a divider situated at the door s midpoint mainly. X 32 in green right hand wind prime line gd 52238 torsion spring winding rods the only tools recommended for adjusting or replacing garage door tension springs 1 2 diameter x 16 long round steel rods pack of 2.

The spring whose endpoints in a clockwise direction is a left wound spring while that whose endpoint in anticlockwise direction is a right wound. A spring s wire size can be determined by several different tools or techniques. The left spring is right hand wound rhw and the right spring is left hand wound lhw. If one spring is broken on your torsion system we highly recommend replacing both springs.

X 32 in red right hand wind this torsion spring is constructed of steel and this torsion spring is constructed of steel and comes with a red color code on the winding cone end.