I had a spring break and had it not been for the safety wire keeping it contained, it would have caused a lot of expensive damage.

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keepthetips t1_jeclhb2 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:55 AM

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IWillFixYourGrammar t1_jecm5jr wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:00 AM

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*taut, not “taught,” unless the safety wire is your pupil.

tony_boxacannoli t1_jecnfkk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:10 AM

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I had a spring let loose in my garage one night ...I thought someone was busting down a door... that spring could have killed someone.....was not tethered. This setup came with the house when we bought it....there was no electric garage door opener installed.

cadninja82 t1_jecor0c wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:20 AM

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Replying to IWillFixYourGrammar (#2,509,051)

Better than "taunt," I guess.

somethingisaskew t1_jecs2mm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:45 AM

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Uh, I don't have a garage.

PT_IsWithMe t1_jeddcfe wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:53 AM

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Thank you!

I just had the center mount bracket pull the lag bolts out of the wall and I had a significant moment of "the willies" when I thought about the spring's power to destroy.

Had I known a safety wire was a thing, I would have paid the repair tech install one.

Skaarhybrid t1_jeej3o0 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:11 PM

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YAY! SPRING BREAK !!!! ....wrong sub.......sorry