Spring Broke On My Garage Door Opener

Replacing garage door springs is not a do it yourself project replacement requires special tools and techniques to prevent injury.

Spring broke on my garage door opener.

If you have a broken spring the opener might stay at a slower speed due to the heavy weight of the garage door. The garage door is not part of the door opener. A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight. First do not try to lift the door by hand or using the opener as you can hurt yourself lifting a heavy garage door by hand and burn out the opener using it to try to open a door with a broken spring.

If this is the extension spring for the door not the opener you will need to have a local overhead door repair person repair your door. A garage door should not be opened until the spring is repaired. You hear a loud pop like a firecracker. Many times homeowners don t even notice and operate the door with a broken spring for days until something else breaks and the door is not operable.

That was the spring breaking and it was probably the most exciting part of your day. Another scenario is the garage door goes up very slowly when using the automatic opener. The garage door is used. We recommend having a garage door service company repair broken springs on the garage door before.

If you have a broken spring do not attempt to use the opener to open your garage door. Can i use my opener remote to open my garage door. All though some openers can lift the door you risk damage to the operator and the door. Or you may hear the opener straining to lift the door.

The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be. If this is a part for the opener please reply with the model number of the opener. Garage door opener with a broken spring as the extra weight of the garage door with a broken spring. The model number starts with 139 539xxx.