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Garage door help! stryped 04-29-2008
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Posted by stryped on April 29, 2008, 8:31 am
I received a single 7x9 clopay garage door from someone replacing
their door. It has all the hardware and even the installation
instructions. I have been for a week trying to =93retrofit=94 it to my
12x16 shed.

I have the track installed and can manually move it up or down but
have tried and tried and cant get the torsion spring to work in
helping with raising and lowering the door. I have done it countless
times all that ends up happening is the wire on the pulleys on both
ends end up =93birdnesting=94 and going everywhere. Yesterday it actually
helped bull it up before it finally birdnested.

What can I do? Would having one pulley slightly higher than the other
cause this problem? I have had to do the best job I could with the
limited room I have.

Another thing I noticed is when I manually raise the door, the bottom
roller seems to be in a different place on the track on one side
verses the other. I measured the tracks on both sides though and they
seem to be the same height.

One last thing when I put it all the way up the end of the door just
barely touched a support on my shed roof. Just enough where the door
wants to come down rather than stay in the upright position. Is there
something I can add or do to keep the door up?

Anyway I appreciate any help as this is driving me nuts and my wife is
tired of me spending all my time on this!

Posted by =?windows-1252?Q?=22Blattus_Sl on April 29, 2008, 11:08 am
stryped wrote:
> I received a single 7x9 clopay garage door from someone replacing
> their door. It has all the hardware and even the installation
> instructions. I have been for a week trying to “retrofit” it to my
> 12x16 shed.
>
> I have the track installed and can manually move it up or down but
> have tried and tried and cant get the torsion spring to work in
> helping with raising and lowering the door. I have done it countless
> times all that ends up happening is the wire on the pulleys on both
> ends end up “birdnesting” and going everywhere. Yesterday it actually
> helped bull it up before it finally birdnested.
>
> What can I do? Would having one pulley slightly higher than the other
> cause this problem? I have had to do the best job I could with the
> limited room I have.
>
> Another thing I noticed is when I manually raise the door, the bottom
> roller seems to be in a different place on the track on one side
> verses the other. I measured the tracks on both sides though and they
> seem to be the same height.
>
> One last thing when I put it all the way up the end of the door just
> barely touched a support on my shed roof. Just enough where the door
> wants to come down rather than stay in the upright position. Is there
> something I can add or do to keep the door up?
>
> Anyway I appreciate any help as this is driving me nuts and my wife is
> tired of me spending all my time on this!

Sounds like you are not locking the torque spring to the shaft after
tensioning it. Are you tensioning it in the right direction? Are the
cables coming off the spool? Hard to say not seeing what you are doing.
You have to rotate the spring torsion base until you have enough lifting
tension on the cables. It is a dangerous operation if you do not know
what you are doing. Get a qualified installer to fix it.



--
Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8

Posted by stryped on April 29, 2008, 11:08 am
On Apr 29, 10:08=A0am, "Blattus Slafaly ? (3) =BC :)"
> stryped wrote:
> > I received a single 7x9 clopay garage door from someone replacing
> > their door. It has all the hardware and even the installation
> > instructions. I have been for a week trying to =93retrofit=94 it to my
> > 12x16 shed.
>
> > I have the track installed and can manually move it up or down but
> > have tried and tried and cant get the torsion spring to work in
> > helping with raising and lowering the door. I have done it countless
> > times all that ends up happening is the wire on the pulleys on both
> > ends end up =93birdnesting=94 and going everywhere. Yesterday it actuall=
y
> > helped bull it up before it finally birdnested.
>
> > What can I do? Would having one pulley slightly higher than the other
> > cause this problem? I have had to do the best job I could with the
> > limited room I have.
>
> > Another thing I noticed is when I manually raise the door, the bottom
> > roller seems to be in a different place on the track on one side
> > verses the other. I measured the tracks on both sides though and they
> > seem to be the same height.
>
> > One last thing when I put it all the way up the end of the door just
> > barely touched a support on my shed roof. Just enough where the door
> > wants to come down rather than stay in the upright position. Is there
> > something I can add or do to keep the door up?
>
> > Anyway I appreciate any help as this is driving me nuts and my wife is
> > tired of me spending all my time on this!
>
> Sounds like you are not locking the torque spring to the shaft after
> tensioning it. Are you tensioning it in the right direction? Are the
> cables coming off the spool? Hard to say not seeing what you are doing.
> You have to rotate the spring torsion base until you have enough lifting
> tension on the cables. It is a dangerous operation if you do not know
> what you are doing. Get a qualified installer to fix it.
>
> --
> Blattus Slafaly =A0? 3 =A0 =A0 :) =A07/8- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I am tigntening the set screws. The wire is coming off the end spools.

Posted by on April 29, 2008, 11:38 am
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:08:15 -0700 (PDT), stryped

>On Apr 29, 10:08 am, "Blattus Slafaly ? (3) ¼ :)"
>> stryped wrote:
>> > I received a single 7x9 clopay garage door from someone replacing
>> > their door. It has all the hardware and even the installation
>> > instructions. I have been for a week trying to “retrofit” it to my
>> > 12x16 shed.
>>
>> > I have the track installed and can manually move it up or down but
>> > have tried and tried and cant get the torsion spring to work in
>> > helping with raising and lowering the door. I have done it countless
>> > times all that ends up happening is the wire on the pulleys on both
>> > ends end up “birdnesting” and going everywhere. Yesterday it actually
>> > helped bull it up before it finally birdnested.
>>
>> > What can I do? Would having one pulley slightly higher than the other
>> > cause this problem? I have had to do the best job I could with the
>> > limited room I have.
>>
>> > Another thing I noticed is when I manually raise the door, the bottom
>> > roller seems to be in a different place on the track on one side
>> > verses the other. I measured the tracks on both sides though and they
>> > seem to be the same height.
>>
>> > One last thing when I put it all the way up the end of the door just
>> > barely touched a support on my shed roof. Just enough where the door
>> > wants to come down rather than stay in the upright position. Is there
>> > something I can add or do to keep the door up?
>>
>> > Anyway I appreciate any help as this is driving me nuts and my wife is
>> > tired of me spending all my time on this!
>>
>> Sounds like you are not locking the torque spring to the shaft after
>> tensioning it. Are you tensioning it in the right direction? Are the
>> cables coming off the spool? Hard to say not seeing what you are doing.
>> You have to rotate the spring torsion base until you have enough lifting
>> tension on the cables. It is a dangerous operation if you do not know
>> what you are doing. Get a qualified installer to fix it.
>>
>> --
>> Blattus Slafaly  ? 3     :)  7/8- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>I am tigntening the set screws. The wire is coming off the end spools.

It sounds like you are winding the wrong way or the drum is not lined
up

Posted by stryped on April 29, 2008, 11:59 am
On Apr 29, 10:38=A0am, gfretw...@aol.com wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:08:15 -0700 (PDT), stryped
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Apr 29, 10:08=A0am, "Blattus Slafaly ? (3) =BC :)"
> >> stryped wrote:
> >> > I received a single 7x9 clopay garage door from someone replacing
> >> > their door. It has all the hardware and even the installation
> >> > instructions. I have been for a week trying to =93retrofit=94 it to m=
y
> >> > 12x16 shed.
>
> >> > I have the track installed and can manually move it up or down but
> >> > have tried and tried and cant get the torsion spring to work in
> >> > helping with raising and lowering the door. I have done it countless
> >> > times all that ends up happening is the wire on the pulleys on both
> >> > ends end up =93birdnesting=94 and going everywhere. Yesterday it actu=
ally
> >> > helped bull it up before it finally birdnested.
>
> >> > What can I do? Would having one pulley slightly higher than the other=

> >> > cause this problem? I have had to do the best job I could with the
> >> > limited room I have.
>
> >> > Another thing I noticed is when I manually raise the door, the bottom=

> >> > roller seems to be in a different place on the track on one side
> >> > verses the other. I measured the tracks on both sides though and they=

> >> > seem to be the same height.
>
> >> > One last thing when I put it all the way up the end of the door just
> >> > barely touched a support on my shed roof. Just enough where the door
> >> > wants to come down rather than stay in the upright position. Is there=

> >> > something I can add or do to keep the door up?
>
> >> > Anyway I appreciate any help as this is driving me nuts and my wife i=
s
> >> > tired of me spending all my time on this!
>
> >> Sounds like you are not locking the torque spring to the shaft after
> >> tensioning it. Are you tensioning it in the right direction? Are the
> >> cables coming off the spool? Hard to say not seeing what you are doing.=

> >> You have to rotate the spring torsion base until you have enough liftin=
g
> >> tension on the cables. It is a dangerous operation if you do not know
> >> what you are doing. Get a qualified installer to fix it.
>
> >> --
> >> Blattus Slafaly =A0? 3 =A0 =A0 :) =A07/8- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> >I am tigntening the set screws. The wire is coming off the end spools.
>
> It sounds like you are winding the wrong way or the drum is not lined
> up- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

How do you ensure the drum is lined up?

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