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Posted by Meat Plow on July 8, 2007, 12:39 pm
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:18:18 -0700, DerbyDad03 wrote:
>> >> I had this happen twice at my old house. The eyes of the springs develop
>> >> fatigue cracks over time, and when the crack propagates deep
>> >> enough....BAM!!
>> >> The best solution is to get new garage doors with torsion springs on
>> >> them.
>>
>> >> If you don't want to do that, then replace all the springs so they are
>> >> the
>> >> same age and have the same number of cycles on them. Replace every 5
>> >> years
>> >> or so before the have a chance to break.- Hide quoted text -
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>> >> - Show quoted text -
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>> > - The best solution is to get new garage doors with torsion springs on
>> > them.
>>
>> > While a torsion spring may not let go with the force of an extension
>> > spring, they do present a different kind of danger.
>>
>> Huh? How does a torsion spring present a 'different danger' than a
>> extension spring?
>> The incident you describe could have just as easily happened with an
>> extension spring door
>> with an opener on it. You should not have pulled the emergency release with
>> children present!
>> Glad your daughter is OK!- Hide quoted text -
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> - Huh? How does a torsion spring present a 'different danger' than a
> extension spring?
>
> One of the responses was to replace the door with one that uses
> torsion springs, implying
torsion springs have a rod going through them making them a bit safer than
an un-cabled extension spring correct?
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