Left Or Right Wound Garage Door Spring

Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring as seen from the back of the door.

Left or right wound garage door spring.

Spring orientation if ordering just one spring left wound or right wound. If you have only one spring on your garage door just remember that if the spring is on the left side of the bracket it is right wind and if it is on the right of the bracket it is left wind. The only exception to this is if you have a door with outside lift bottom fixtures and the cables come off the fronts of the drums as pictured below. The garage door springs are often work under extreme stress conditions and may require replacement over time.

Winding bars are 18 in length and are also advised when winding and un winding springs. What can we say it can appear a bit complicated. So if the spring to your left is broken you want to order a right wound spring. Install new or use this pair of left and right wound torsion springs to replace broken sectional garage door torsion springs.

All of our torsion spring wire is coated. With most new garage doors there will be two torsion springs separated by a divider that s located at the midpoint of the door. L with red color coding. They call it a right spring but when you are looking at the door from the inside it goes on the left side and vice versa.

Wire size x 2 in. We we offer a vast selection of wire and spring sizes and both left and right wind torsion. The spring whose endpoints in a clockwise direction is a left wound spring while that whose endpoint in anticlockwise direction is a right wound. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation.

Professional series springs not from china torsion spring s for torsion systems set above the garage door. However before you go on selecting the spring you need to do a proper homework for selecting the right spring. The spring to your right is a left wound spring and the spring to your left is the right wound spring. If there are multiple springs on your garage door we strongly recommend replacing both torsion springs.

All dura lift torsion springs are manufactured from class 2 high tensile oil tempered spring wire meeting astm a229. It works as opposites so if the spring is on the right side of the center when looking from inside your garage out to your door it is left wound. Usually most garage doors will feature two springs which are separated by a divider situated at the door s midpoint mainly. These springs are most widely used in garage doors hence also referred to as garage door springs.

Winding rods are included with purchase.