Left Or Right Wound Garage Door Spring

The spring to your right is a left wound spring and the spring to your left is the right wound spring.

Left or right wound garage door spring.

With most new garage doors there will be two torsion springs separated by a divider that s located at the midpoint of the door. Thus they have their end of wire on the right side. The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction. The spring whose endpoints in a clockwise direction is a left wound spring while that whose endpoint in anticlockwise direction is a right wound.

All of our torsion spring wire is coated for improved corrosion resistance and easier handling. So if the spring to your left is broken you want to order a right wound spring. Usually most garage doors will feature two springs which are separated by a divider situated at the door s midpoint mainly. We apologize you received springs that were not color coded for the wind direction.

Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. 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. Measure the wire size. On the contrary it is very simple to determine the winding type of a garage door spring.

All of our torsion spring wire is coated for improved corrosion resistance and easier handling. Both 10 000 standard cycle and 25 000 high cycle springs are available in left or right wind and in precut or longer lengths. L with red color coding. On the other hand a left hand winding spring is wound in an anti clockwise direction and has its end of wire on the left side.

Winding rods are included with purchase. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. Most of the time the end on the right hand wind is red and the left and wind is black as you can see on the graphic below. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation.

Both 10 000 standard cycle and 25 000 high cycle springs are available in left or right wind and in precut or longer lengths. Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring. What can we say it s complicated. Generally when looking from within the garage if the spring is on the left side it is right wound and vice versa.

It works as opposites so if the spring is on the right side of the center when looking from inside your garage out to your door it is left wound. Install new or use this pair of left and right wound torsion springs to replace broken sectional garage door torsion springs. Spring orientation if ordering just one spring left wound or right wound. Usually you will have two springs on your door which will be color coded.

Another way to tell which is the left and right wound spring is right wound springs are coiled clockwise and left wound springs are coiled counterclockwise.