Broken Torsion Spring Caught On Video!

Destructive testing on the new and improved Torsion Spring Dyno ver. 2.0 Watch as we wind up this garage door spring until it breaks. Then we "clamp" it back together to get a few more cycles out of it.

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[D84D]

I fixed a broken spring on my dads single car garage. I just took the broken piece out (about 1/3) used the remaining piece. Everything worked fine that was in 85-86'. Well now on my house, a double car garage door the same thing happened. So I tried the same thing. Took out the broken piece, agian about 1/3rd and kept the rest. Could not get it to roll up. It binds badly and the motor/opener wants to dang near take itself down and start bending. I was hoping for the same easy fix. ?????

[brazilnut8898]

@D84D Putting it back together was just a temporary fix. Springs have a rated lifespan, like 10,000 cycles. I've seen subdivisions where all the homes were built in the same year and all the springs break around the same time. You need to replace the spring. They aren't that expensive.

[roymg]

Won't heating that spring metal make it weaker and lessen its useful time?

[brazilnut8898]

@roymg No. The last few coils on each end are not "active" coils. They don't contract like the active coils do. Springs come in like ten foot lengths, so they have to cut them to length and bend the ends just like this at the factory. But if you did this in the middle of the spring it would break very soon after.

[TheWTFSOB]

lol we spent tens of dollars on it

[D84D]

@brazilnut8898 that's awesome. I appreciate your time. Thanks. Hey youtube just came through for me for the first time in 5yrs.

[Lincolnstick185]

Very cool