Garage door spring safety cables

[truckdude239]

i had the coil spring on my shop doors break at work total pain in the butt as the door take 3-4 people to lift when teh springs quit. they saound likea bomb going off but thankfuly they have a steel rod though tehm

[racecougar]

Originally Posted by truckdude239

i had the coil spring on my shop doors break at work total pain in the butt as the door take 3-4 people to lift when teh springs quit. they saound likea bomb going off but thankfuly they have a steel rod though tehm

They certainly do. I had one let go last year...I think my ears are still ringing.

[MadManAndrew]

Originally Posted by truckdude239

i had the coil spring on my shop doors break at work total pain in the butt as the door take 3-4 people to lift when teh springs quit. they saound likea bomb going off but thankfuly they have a steel rod though tehm

We recently had that happen to our overhead garage door. It did sound absolutely horrendous. What was odd was that the door was is only like five or six years old. The tech said a similar thing to what was said above about the springs and the hinges, etc never having been lubricated. He put bigger springs on and lubed everything and the damn door is almost silent now besides the faint little hum of the opener motor. Before you could hear it opening from the opposite side of the house.