 Nice morning, Garge door spring went BOOM |
|
|
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
|
| Pat Garvey |
 Sep 21 2007, 09:31 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Do I or don't I...........?  Group: Members Posts: 5,900 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States  |
Last night we heard a sound like the world was exploding. Turns out it was only a garage door spring exploding from old age - right over the 914. Funny, but as it turns out the broken spring parts went North & hit that worthless Passat my wife drives (there IS God).
Repairman comes this morning (remeber, this is a garage door repairman) & goes nuts because he has to work above a 914! Turns out he has an '84 Carrera & a '91 Corvette with 9K miles on it! We spent 3 hours bullshitting about cars. Looked at my collection of vintage posters (gave him one from '84), looked at the 914 really hard & the '73 911T even harder. We yakked & drank coffee wil he did his 30 minutes of work. Charged me nothing but the service call (39.95). Replaced both springs & all rollers with nylon. We had a good time, and I made a new friend. Good car guy & does all his own work - on a 911 and a Corvette. Hafta respect that! He's welcomed here any time! Hell, he's already rebuilt 2 doors, why not the third? Pat |
   |
 
|
  |
Replies
| mskala |
Sep 22 2007, 06:47 AM
Post
#2
|
|
R Group: Members Posts: 1,935 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 79 Region Association: None 
|
I think all of my springs have broken at least once.
Around here we thread a cable through them tied off at both ends. Without that, if one goes while you're standing there _bad_ things will happen to you. |
|
|
|
| Bartlett 914 |
Sep 22 2007, 08:54 AM
Post
#3
|
|
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,218 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(mskala @ Sep 22 2007, 04:47 AM)  I think all of my springs have broken at least once. Around here we thread a cable through them tied off at both ends. Without that, if one goes while you're standing there _bad_ things will happen to you. Those springs are damn dangerous. They really need a cable through them. I know of a guy (friend of a friend) that installed a door as a side job. While talking to the owner, the spring broke and just missed her daughter. She was suing him. They don't always break in the night! |
|
|
|
| So.Cal.914 |
Sep 23 2007, 08:32 AM
Post
#4
|
|
"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Bartlett 914 @ Sep 22 2007, 07:54 AM) QUOTE(mskala @ Sep 22 2007, 04:47 AM) I think all of my springs have broken at least once. Around here we thread a cable through them tied off at both ends. Without that, if one goes while you're standing there _bad_ things will happen to you. Those springs are damn dangerous. They really need a cable through them. I know of a guy (friend of a friend) that installed a door as a side job. While talking to the owner, the spring broke and just missed her daughter. She was suing him. They don't always break in the night! I didn't think they sold garage door springs without saftey wires inside. Replaced 8 or 10 and each one had two steel wires manifactured into them that caught the pieces like a cable...Maybe it's a Cali thing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
|
|
|
Posts in this topic
Pat Garvey Nice morning Sep 21 2007, 09:31 PM
Vacca Rabite Its always exciting when a spring breaks.
Had one... Sep 21 2007, 09:37 PM LowGT I had one break on a 2 car garage. It was the midd... Sep 21 2007, 11:00 PM
rhodyguy car talk got you a smoking deal!! $39... Sep 22 2007, 10:32 AM BarberDave :trophy:
Pat, I had one break at night,go thr... Sep 22 2007, 01:35 PM Air_Cooled_Nut I've had two break on me, one while I was stan... Sep 22 2007, 04:06 PM 1bad914 I had a friend thst was tightening the spring on h... Sep 23 2007, 08:39 AM 9146986 Definately a plus to the torsion springs that moun... Sep 23 2007, 09:42 AM
Pat Garvey "A man should know his limitations" (Dir... Sep 23 2007, 09:42 AM |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 6th July 2025 - 10:07 AM |
Invision Power Board
v9.1.4 © 2025 IPS, Inc.