PSA - 16' Garaage door spring & cable hubs

[Huntindad]

well... got the hubs set with the cable even on bothsides. Tightened the spring tight(or so I thought). went outside to open it(figured it was safer)

Door wouldn't budge. went back and tightened spring as much as I dared. tried to open it. It would go up but was still too heavy.

Figure at this point, I may call a garage door guy in the morning. He would have better tools than my 2 pieces of 3/8 rebar to turn spring. I also may have done damage when it spun last night.

[Bowtech38]

well... got the hubs set with the cable even on bothsides. Tightened the spring tight(or so I thought). went outside to open it(figured it was safer)

Door wouldn't budge. went back and tightened spring as much as I dared. tried to open it. It would go up but was still too heavy.

Figure at this point, I may call a garage door guy in the morning. He would have better tools than my 2 pieces of 3/8 rebar to turn spring. I also may have done damage when it spun last night.

Great idea

[Drycreek3189]

I know a guy, he ain’t cheap, but he’s good !

[bowhuntntxn]

Probably didnt damage anything, but they have to be wound much tighter than you would think.

[jgard]

The door needs one full turn per foot height (7’ door 7 turns ) when I do them I do 1/4 turns so it’s easier to count

[Huntindad]

Probably didnt damage anything, but they have to be wound much tighter than you would think.

The door needs one full turn per foot height (7’ door 7 turns ) when I do them I do 1/4 turns so it’s easier to count

yep... I did some research and I needed 28-30 1/4 turns. I was able to do 28. After ten I was thinking it was wound tight, like y'all said it is wound tighter than I would think.

door opens easily now. Still hadn't found the wrench from last night though.