How To Disengage Garage Door Spring

This will disconnect the opener from the door and allow you to open it manually.

How to disengage garage door spring.

You can now open and close your door manually. Garage door springs are used to reduce the weight of the garage door by pulling the door in the direction of the motor. There are two different types of spring systems for garage doors. If it stays in place your spring or springs are fine.

If your garage door slips down below the header after you have opened it you garage door springs need to be adjusted. Then clamp as described above. Disengage the garage door from the motor or in other words put the door into manual mode. Torsion springs are mounted directly above the door and need to be wound with special tools.

The springs do not pull with enough force to open the door but they do take the strain of most of the door s weight. This is true even if you have a garage door opener. Pull cord down and back towards motor with a small amount of force. Just because the door isopen does not mean that the spring tension is fully released.

Close the garage door and pull the emergency release.