Use this method if the door worked correctly before the spring s broke and the garage door has not been tampered with.
Garage door springs 19 inch left hand wind.
Professional series springs not from china torsion spring s for torsion systems set above the garage door.
Thus they have their end of wire on the right side.
If the garage door has two springs measure each spring individually.
On the contrary it is very simple to determine the winding type of a garage door spring.
The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction.
It is not uncommon to have two different size springs.
We we offer a vast selection of wire and spring sizes and both left and right wind torsion.
This item prime line gd 12229 left hand wind garage door torsion spring replace broken garage door springs 243 x 1 3 4 x 32 red left hand wind premium 2pcs winding bars with non slip handle 1 2 inch in diameter x 18 inch in length used for garage door torsion spring.
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There is a lot of confusion among people regarding right hand winding torsion spring and left hand winding torsion spring.
If there are multiple springs on your garage door we strongly recommend replacing both torsion springs.
In most cases you can determine the wind of your garage door torsion spring by using the color coded system on the cones at the end of the spring.
Garage door spring wind direction color chart.