Rear Mount Torsion Spring Garage Door Opener

Center bracket by its stationary cone and to the axle torsion tube by its winding cone.

Rear mount torsion spring garage door opener.

The garage door torsion spring is located above the garage door while considering rear torsion applications it s located behind the door. The spring is mounted to the spring anchor bracket i e. Mounted horizontally above the opening garage door torsion springs are twisted as the door goes down storing energy in the process. When the spring unwinds the energy is released causing the door to rise.

Torsion springs are usually mounted directly above the door and sometimes on older homes with less room in the garage they can be mounted to the rear of the garage rear mounted torsion. Torsion springs and extension springs. Some door or spring configurations will need additional headroom due to different components required to counter balance the door. If you aren t able to install a rear torsion spring system on a low head room garage you ll need to install extension springs.

However this requires mounting the torsion spring on the rear of the horizontal tracks. Torsion springs are the most common type of springs found in garages and can lift more weight than extension springs. If your garage door counterbalance system has a torsion spring a spring mounted on the torsion shaft above the garage door extension springs long springs extending from the door along the garage door rails or is a wayne dalton torquemaster system the idrive garage door opener will work for you. It is possible to mount torsion springs in a garage with only 5 inches of headroom.

Dimensions listed cover the most common applications up to 8 high doors and using standard torsion springs with track vertical resting on the floor. Garage door track replacement service. View commercial track options holmes garage door company offers a complete line of top quality garage doors including traditional raised panel doors carriage house style doors and contemporary styles. Up to 3 of additional headroom may be required for a trolley door opener.

There are two main kinds of residential garage door springs. Garage doors operating with torsion springs require a minimum of 9 1 2 inches of headroom while doors using extension springs require a minimum of 4 1 2 inches of headroom.