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Posted by Rich256 on May 22, 2007, 11:12 pm
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> So now he's losing his head? He's going to fall off the ladder onto a
> guillotine or something?
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> Steve Barker
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> >>On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:57:23 +0000, Robert Barr wrote:
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> >>> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
> >>> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
> >>> 140 pound springs, or 150?
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> >>Some jobs are worth paying for. Unless you don't mind loosing a hand or
> >>an arm... Depends I guess.
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First one I replaced were on a very heavy solid one piece door. It
had a mechanism on each side where the springs were fastened near the
floor at the door and then slanted back from the floor at about a 45
degree angle.
They were about 2 inches in diameter. With the door braced open
they needed to be stretched about three inches to get hooked up
properly. Even with a long bar I was not able to stretch them that
much. I was about ready to give up. Then got an idea. I hooked them
up the best I could and closed the garage door. With the springs
fully stretched I put nails between many of the rungs. Braced the
door open again and now the spring was about three inches longer than
before. Hooked it up where it should be, closed the door and took out
the nails.
The next time they broke I replaced each big spring with two smaller
ones that could be stretched by hand.
The spring on a neighbors door broke near the floor and it went
through the garage roof and landed in his back yard.
The daugher of another neighbor was seriously injured when one broke
while she was standing nearby.
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