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| ematulac |
 Jun 3 2005, 05:27 PM
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914 addict  Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 24-November 03 From: Palmdale, CA Member No.: 1,382  |
My 914 won't start, my neighbor is giving me issues, and my garage door is broken ... all happened in a span of 10 minutes when I came home today. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif)
Anyways, the torsion spring on my garage door broke. The part itself is about $50, and it's $185 to have someone come and fix it. Anyone know if this is something I can fix without hours of hard work? |
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| rhodyguy |
Jun 4 2005, 07:38 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,085 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
be very careful when dealing with the torsion spring on your door!! you need to put the correct # of turns on it that approximate the weight of your door for things to work smoothly. screw up, and let the spring get away from you when winding it, you'll have a dangerous, hard spinning, device. sometimes, certain repairs are better left to the pros. the thing could kill you, severly maim at best. pulling the manual release tab (rope) should let you raise the door. it'll be a somewhat heavy lift. goes to show you how much work the spring does.
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ematulac OT Garage doors Jun 3 2005, 05:27 PM
Joe Sharp Go to Lowes, they have all the hardware and instru... Jun 3 2005, 05:36 PM ematulac Different kind of spring ... I've changed that... Jun 3 2005, 05:40 PM ematulac pics would help ... Jun 3 2005, 05:41 PM ematulac another Jun 3 2005, 05:41 PM ematulac I scheduled to have the repair person come out on ... Jun 3 2005, 05:55 PM Grimstead I wish I saw this sooner. I just went through the... Jun 3 2005, 06:16 PM ematulac ... Jun 3 2005, 06:48 PM Grimstead Yeah, at 159 I didn't want to do it myself eit... Jun 3 2005, 06:51 PM iamchappy Ive done many over the years, made my own rods to ... Jun 3 2005, 06:55 PM Grimstead After seeing how it was done, I would try it mysel... Jun 3 2005, 07:02 PM GWN7 You can get the van out of the garage by lifting t... Jun 3 2005, 10:16 PM jasons Its not hard to fix those, but if you F* up in the... Jun 3 2005, 11:07 PM campbellcj Recently I had a garage door SNAFU; apparently one... Jun 3 2005, 11:46 PM Bleyseng You can open the door by pulling on the red rope t... Jun 4 2005, 08:42 AM
campbellcj I forgot to mention -- our door is WAAAAAAAAAAAAY ... Jun 4 2005, 02:51 PM |
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