How to Diagnose a Broken Garage Door Spring (Wayne Dalton)

I've been having some issues with my double garage door it seems that something might have changed since when I installed my garage door opener not the best garage door opener for this type of door I haven't really satisfied with it but that's a different story I worn out a carriage or two so far my door has started to bow a little bit in the middle and when it closes it has a bit of a jumping sound to it so the other feeling that one of my springs may be broken so this is a winning Dalton tight the door the springs are actually inside like this two on the top just further with that of safety so what I'm going to do is wave the door as is and then turn down the tension and then where the door again and see if it's actually heavier or not doors heavier with less tension obviously the spring is intact if it's the same then there is a broken spring so to start off I need to get a baseline weight of the garage door you're better off using a bathroom scale I don't have one so I'm going to use a luggage scale not very convenient but it's going to work starting off both sides both ends up my grades or where the spring is 2019 and then lower one to a little 15 and take a reading away and then put it back in and do the same thing with the other one and that tribute main idea if there's an issue with this bring so a baseline before I start so I'm taking my first reading from the middle of the garage door it's gonna use this block of wood Harris don't know what damage the grain store itself underneath the scale and then when the students should be greedy fo the doors so I'm just going to use one hand to keep it in place limpets accuracy is not really important there should be a major difference between the spring is on or off should be a several several pounds this is looking at about 60 pounds didn't see that the dead I put in the board there so 60 pounds with as a baseline change the tension on the spring there's instructions on that red card make sure you leave that there you can use this is just a drill and you just change it you just unwind it to see everything and then bring it down to ten okay so I have turned the tension down some of the tension that I was down around 10 so I'm gonna wave the door and see what that I thought the result is so there's obviously no difference in the weight when the spring is setting up 20 versus 10 on the side so that's let's try the other side this is an issue maybe both springs are broken or having problems so let's just give it a try and decide okay so now I'm glad I tried the other side and I know you shouldn't be doing this for the drill you should be using a socket set but taking my time [Applause] it's an extra Spencer minutes and oh there's obvious major difference in the weight of the door all right let's just put some numbers to it okay we can't even get off the ground and any PD downs so that's an obvious ID this spring I think we safely diagnosed the issue here when the tension is removed on each side separately and the door is weighed there is no difference on the right side when the tension is brought down but on the left side there is a difference that indicates that the spring on the left side is working in the spring and the right side is not so it looks like I'll need to go and pick up some parts so join me again soon on how to replace the spring in a garage door

Channel: DIY and SAVE

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Keywords: wayne dalton, garage door, garage door spring, spring, springs, broken, heavy, fix, diy, do it yourself, repair, identify problem, diagnose, torsion spring, torsion, double, single, cost, door, steel, overhead, sliding, construction, chi, amarr, clopay, delden, homedepot, home depot, lowes, hardware, store, opener, midland, raynor, panel, genie, liftmaster, adh guardian, napoleon, lynx, sommer, track, weight, left, right, amazon

Id: Rh9YufYKk1c

Length: 5min 19sec (319 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 12 2016