I just replaced my old extension spring door with a rear torsion spring door. The original was an extremely tight fit, and was complicated by a door into the house opening into the garage right under the track. It was so tight they had run the extension spring and cable on that side up into the attic. It looked weird, but it was great engineering and worked just fine.
Anyway, the new torsion spring door barely fits as well, but it does. The side door clears the track by maybe a sixteenth of an inch, which is enough I suppose, but then when I installed the torsion spring and drum, the cable comes off the drum at the bottom and you guessed it, the side door hits it. I can either cut/raise the drum brackets and torsion tube, or simply reverse the spring and have the cable come off the top of the pulley instead of the bottom. I am assuming I can just mount the spring on the other side of the spring bracket and swap the drums left for right. I would also have to trim the angle iron so the cable will clear it. What a PITA!
Any thoughts?
I tried posting a couple of pictures but it won't let me.
Anyway, the new torsion spring door barely fits as well, but it does. The side door clears the track by maybe a sixteenth of an inch, which is enough I suppose, but then when I installed the torsion spring and drum, the cable comes off the drum at the bottom and you guessed it, the side door hits it. I can either cut/raise the drum brackets and torsion tube, or simply reverse the spring and have the cable come off the top of the pulley instead of the bottom. I am assuming I can just mount the spring on the other side of the spring bracket and swap the drums left for right. I would also have to trim the angle iron so the cable will clear it. What a PITA!
Any thoughts?
I tried posting a couple of pictures but it won't let me.
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