- 1. Garage Door Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: wmc_sr20@bellsouth.net
- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 15:44:11 -0500
- Hey Guys... Doing some garage / shop sprucing up [incl. an awesome new epoxy floor job :)] and discovered my garage door spring is in need of adjustment. Disconnected from the door-opener, it only ha
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- 2. Re: Garage Door Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:29:00 -0500
- You need a pair of rods to fit the holes on the spring end, a pair of vice grips to keep the shaft from moving, and a suitable wrench to fit the set screws. The rods I use are actually a couple inch
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- 3. Re: Garage Door Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 19:38:27 -0500
- I've done it myself twice, once in my old house when I installed my hoist and needed some door clearance and inclined the rails (see upper right): http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/magnette/pics/magnette_w
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- 4. RE: Garage Door Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 19:50:22 -0500
- One other thing.....David's description of the process is correct but I will add one thing which he implied, but didn't state explicitly..... Make sure you add the same number of twists to both the r
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- 5. Re: Garage Door Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 00:13:05 -0600
- This isn't critical . . .all the doors I've seen use a one piece solid shaft and therefore balance is not affected noticeably if the springs are of somewhat different tension . . It IS important to g
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