Garage Door Torsion Spring Systems

A center bearing plate with a steel or nylon bearing and two end bearing plates at both ends.

Garage door torsion spring systems.

Garage door torsion springs hold high amounts of torque within them and mishandling the springs has to potential for them to release this torque suddenly causing you a great deal of injury or even worse. If you re in the market for new garage door springs be sure to factor in the added benefits of a torsion spring system. When it comes to home improvement projects garage door replacements provide some of the highest returns. A torsion spring counterbalance system consists of one or two tightly wound up springs on a steel shaft with cable drums at both ends.

If possible though we recommend torsion. Track sets come in bolted and riveted solutions and suitable for panel overhead doors. As mentioned earlier some garage door systems come with number of torsion springs while others come with a single spring. The entire apparatus mounts on the header wall above the garage door and has three supports.

You can further boost the roi of your investment by choosing longer lasting torsion springs over extensions springs. To buy standard garage door torsion springs go directly to our torsion spring prices at the bottom of this page. Our system eliminates the difficult and dangerous manual winding process with the ability to set the spring tension in seconds with a 3 8 power drill. For all other types of springs go to our garage door springs page.

A rear torsion spring system is perfect when there is low head room in a garage.