OT garage door lube

oldspert

oldspert

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Off Topic but what do you use to lube the springs on an overhead door. My five panel door is getting hard to lift and the springs need lube I'm sure.

Ed
 
If you feel the springs need lube you must have torsion springs.That's the only kind that rubs on itself.I have oiled mine before,but I really doubt that is the reason your door is gaining weight.If it is the springs,they do lose their pooch over time.You can take up on them a half turn or so,and see if that makes a difference.If you don't know how to do that,please don't.If you don't understand how it's done,don't fool with it.If you think a Model A spring can be bad,look around and see what a torsion spring can do if the bar slips out of your hand.The rollers get stiff,the bearings in them get bad and drag,there are a hundred points of friction in an overhead door and they all add up.
 
Hire a licensed insured professional to do this . Dont ask me how I know.
I got to know a local ER doc very well because of my garage door. I also only need gloves with 9 fingers.
 
Had a professional garage door service it today but he did not recommend any type of lube, and they are torsional springs.
Ed
 
This is what the guy who installed my 3 roll up doors recommended
 

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My garage door has rubber seals to keep the wind out, and the rubber bakes in the sun and gets sticky, which causes strain on the door motor. I’ve had the seals replaced a few times, every 6 or 7 years or so. You can check for this by raising the door and feeling the seals to see if they are sticky to the touch.


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Which type springs?…I know of two. The coil type along the width of the door; extensions that transverse the height of the door.
Lube doesn’t help the extensions. Getting hard to open means they’re not helping lift the door and should be replaced. Be sure and put the restraint cable thru them ..they will break and go flying around the garage
 
I I used to install aluminum roll up garage doors in aluminum 1 pc garage doors the cheapest thing you can put on your springs is WD40 and basically you're just helping prevent rust deep rust will pit the springs and it'll cause them to break you can also use that aerosol somebody posted there's no reason why you can't use that but if your doors getting a little heavy the springs have sagged and they need to be retentioned it's best you let a person handle that it's not hard to do but it is dangerous!!!
 
I see you live in Texas I live in Missouri so I'm too far away to help you otherwise I would just teach you how to do it and show you the safe way.
 
I have storage buildings that I lease to the public, some doors have a single spring and some have double depending on size of the doors. These doors are a corrugated style and roll up on themselves, they want to stay straight instead of roll up. Springs on these type doors do two things, help raise the door AND keep it rolled on itself. They are always under tension and more when the door is closed, I get calls now and then that a door won’t open and it’s always the spring has broken. Being in a high humidity location I have had suggested to me that I do as mentioned above, lubricate the springs but only for corrosion protection to prevent pitting and breakage of the spring, not operation improvement.
 
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