We should decrease the tension in garage door spring is the door is opening too slowly or opens and shuts partially.
Tightening your garage door spring.
Adjusting and tightening the torsion spring may include the following things.
The springs extend along the shaft and work by twisting as the garage door closes by means of cables attached to each side of the lowest garage door panel.
Adjusting an extension spring door.
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This problem doesn t seem too damaging but an unbalanced door which doesn t operate evenly may cause serious.
With an extension spring door the goal is to take all the tension off the door before you even think about touching a spring you can do this by opening the door all the way and propping it up with a ladder.
Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension.
Decreasing the tension in spring.
Side mounted springs are long heavy springs mounted on each side of the upper garage door track.