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Jul 15, 2004 | 10:06 AM

alpine

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Strange request.

Ok heres the deal, My garage door is not hooked up. It hasnet been hooked up secne I got the house. Well Im finally getting around to it. The problem is the wires and springs for the door have no directions

so I have no clue how it should go. I was wondering if any of you would have the time to take a couple pics of your pulley and spring hook ups on your garage doors so i could see if any look like mine should. (make sence?) Im too cheap to have someone fix something I know I can do. I appreciate any help on this.

Alpine

Jul 15, 2004 | 08:48 PM

MisterCMK

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I would call someone to work on the springs, they are under a great deal of tension, and you can really hurt yourself by attempting to work on them.

Jul 15, 2004 | 10:27 PM

faroffthetrack

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Yea unless you really know what you're doing, I agree with mistercmk.

Jul 15, 2004 | 10:37 PM

Torque1st

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There are many garage door service companies.

Jul 16, 2004 | 12:33 AM

johnsdiesel

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Why don't you go look at your neighbor's garage door and use it as a model? There's really no risk working on the doors yourself because you don't work with tension on the springs. Install the springs with the garage door up. I installed 2 replacement garage doors in a fomer home of mine no problem.

Jul 16, 2004 | 07:23 AM

ALL4RD

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http://www.local6.com/exterior/1140134/detail.html (installing a garage door instructions with photos) If you google.com search (installing a garage door) you will find more.

Jul 16, 2004 | 08:11 AM

GLR

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If you do install yhe long springs yourself, don't foget to put a "safety" cable through them. This will keep the springs from flying around in case of breakage.