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Hodgkisl t1_iu8jklg wrote

Reply to comment by fuddykrueger in [Help] Please advise on how to safely remove an old garage door spring (existing guides are all for new styles of torsion spring) by moron_that_later

If you have extension springs as OP does they should have safety cables ran through them so they can not launch, if yours have no such cables add some ASAP

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fuddykrueger t1_iu8jxsa wrote

Right, ours don’t look like OP’s so we must have the other type (torsion?).

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Hodgkisl t1_iu8k0pz wrote

Are they above the door opening, parallel to the door?

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fuddykrueger t1_iu8lse2 wrote

They run along the ceiling perpendicular (I suppose) to the doors (2-door garage). When they broke the (very) loud noise was them smacking against the metal garage door.

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Hodgkisl t1_iu8lv1r wrote

So in line with the tracks?

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fuddykrueger t1_iu8muxe wrote

Yes. That’s the better way to describe it. Lol

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Hodgkisl t1_iu8rx76 wrote

Those would be extension style springs then similar to OP, there are different layouts and sizes of spring. You should insider them for safety cables / ropes, they should go through the middle of the spring and be secured at both ends somewhere beyond the spring.

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fuddykrueger t1_iu8zxp8 wrote

Okay we always hire a professional to replace the springs. My son tried once and that is when the spring popped the second time a few weeks later.

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