Graduate level class in garage door balancing and how those old fashioned spring hinges work. Outstanding video from someone who really knows what he's doing, and really knows how to teach it to others. Thank you!

Great information, now I feel more comfortable knowing what to do. Thank you for taking the time in posting this tutorial, it's most appreciated!

Trying to figure out why my grandmas garage door doesnt stay up at all and door has been locked shut for years. This video helped me understand it better. Thanks

This is the GoTo video to adjust these almost obsolete Hinges for the Garage . I went for the Large ADJUSTMENT FROM Heavy TO Springy that was it. Thank you for making it. Hard to find this simple adjustment online. Perfect explanation!!!

WOW! I replaced some springs on my garage door, like I’ve been doing for 30+ years, but never bothered to look at the other elements of balancing the door. This video was GREAT! Just finished the job right now and it now works perfectly. Thank you so very much.

Wowwwwwwwwww... I was lost in a tunnel.. Every time i closed my garage door, the whole neighborhood knew it, then i watch your video, and finally saw the light .. Thanks for the time you took to make this video, blessings to you, and your family...

I haven't changed my springs in 30 years & amazed that they don't sell the spring that I need & go with a cheaper spring but this video helped me. I'm 65 years old & still strong & with this video helped me a whole lot, thank you son helped out a old man here.

Dude, you saved my bacon ---- my OUT of balance door (20 years) is NOW in balance and the new opener is working sweet! Thanks !!!

Thank you very much for this. Not many videos are worth watching the whole thing but this was.

Mike, My father has an older home with a very heavy wooden door. Recently his garage door opener's plastic gear wore out. My father was a medic in the Korean war and recently is suffering from arthritis due to his war injuries so he couldn't open the door manually. While waiting for the door opener to be fixed I followed your excellent video and adjusted the springs so that now even he can open the door manually with a couple of fingers. This will insure that the opener will last much longer once repaired. Thanks Mike!

I can't thank you enough for your helpful guidance on balancing a garage door. Both my garage doors were so badly out of adjustment that my electrical openers regularly malfunctioned due to excessive loads. You helped me to reset the doors so that my openers purr instead of growl!

Best tutorial in detail of "HOW TO" adjust, balancing of down/up-wards. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for creating and sharing this video. You make it look too easy.

You saved me, I was struggling and thought I got the wrong part! I had no idea about the function of the links! Many thank you’s and much gratitude!

Thanks Mike, this information is very useful. Gonna feel so proud of myself once I fix this garage door that hasn't been properly tuned for at least the last 25 years!

Sound so simple hearing and watching you.. used to go through lots of trouble when needed these adjusted.. not any more after went across your videos. Thanks a million..Where do I send the gratitude

2-4-2024 Thanks so much! Your video surely shows the step-by-step adjustments of the garage door which I need the most! This is very valuable knowledge! Chino Hills Ca

Excellent adjustments - he’s doing great - thank you buddy.

Well Done my friend! I now have the confidence to attempt and install my first hinged spring door on my wood shop. Much appreciation...

Great, detailed demonstration. Thank you!

Thanks for recording this. I managed to correct my very springy 50-year old door with your help! No below-the knee adjustment on this one, but balances perfectly above.

Wow! Well done. I appreciate your detail and knowledge. And very cool and charming delivery. Thank you.

This is a very informative video that helped me a lot with fine tuning my garage doors. Thanks for taking the time to show all the steps.

Best video I have seen. I found out at the end that my door is too heavy and that I need double springs (I only have one spring on each side for a wooden single car garage

You dialed me in. Garage door works great now. Thank you.

Great video on a very tough topic to find help with. Thank you!

This video is just awesome!!! I was able to replace a broken spring and adjust my garage door tension. Thanks so very much and blessings! 🙂

this is easily the best garage door video on the internet today. And I'VE BEEN LOOKING! Thank you for making this!

This video was great. It answered all of my questions regarding replacing my garage door springs and about balancing them. Thank you!

Great Video. Always awesome to find someone who knows what he’s talking about. Huge thank you !

Great video. Saved me some money in not over driving my opener. Worked just like you demonstrated. Thank you.

Thanks for the information. After propping my garage door open with a 2x4 for a couple of years, an hour spent adjusting the hardware took care of the problem. Again, thank you.

Great detail. Did one many years ago and needed a refresher course. Thanks again!

Informative and helpful. Got me through my spring replacement like a charm. Thanks so much!

Most informative video. Thx for sharing!

Awesome video, thank you! I added some trim boards to our garage door, adding quite a bit of weight, and making it hard to open. Your instructions on adjusting springiness are easy to follow and worked perfectly using existing springs.

Sir. Thank you for posting this Video. I am in dire need to fix my Door and this is outstanding ! Ted.

Your video truly helped me balance my door, especially the springs. Thank you!!

Great video. Much better instruction. Simple, concise. Thanks.

Very informative and very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Dude. It is a pleasure to watch someone who knows what they are doing. Excellent video.

Thank, very well done! I was ready to call someone to do this but you made it simple to do & I believe this will help fix my problem, on my way to Lowes to get a bolt!

Awesome instructional video! Thanks 👍

You rock bro, I fixed my garage door by adjusting it just as you showed here & it worked perfectly, my opener works now even better than before. Thanks...........

Awesome video!! Wish I would have watched this first. I learned so much in watching. Thanks for posting!!!

Excellent clear info! Thanks

Thanks for the great video. I'm helping a neighbor after one of his springs broke. He has a heavy wood door now I can tackle it with a better understanding.

Great instructional video much appreciated.

Outstanding Video! Thanks.

Thank you so much for all the info. Love the video

Awesome video, saved me the cost of a repair visit!

Such a great video full of details.

Good tips bro, awesome video.

Thank you, very good explanation 👏

This saved me. Thank you. Very good video much appreciated.

Thanks Dude , real great info!

Thank you for your excellent video tutorial.

Thank you! Huge help.

What toxicbob says. Excellent. I think that I know, now, just about everything that I need to know about replacing my garage door springs. First time I heard of the adjustments on the garage door.

Great video, thanks!

Thks for this very good video, very good explanation. 🙏🙏

thank you very much, my garage door springs and hardware broke off last night... now I have to fix it. thank you again!

Great video Mike...not many on the internet for a "tilt-up" vs. "sectional" these days.

Hey thank you very much, this was very helpful.

thank you so much for your knowledge much obliged

thanks. this made things easier

Really good video! I just had a spring break and decided to replace all four because they were so old the stickers had fallen off. Now the door is so springy that I have to push down hard to get the door to close. Will start adjusting tomorrow!

Great Video

Fantastic - thank you!

Thanks for the great pointers. Now I know why the original opener died and the new one was none too happy. I found the door was 2 holes out of balance and one of the lower mounts was 2 inches higher than the other. Identified the correct location, filled an old, nearby hole, and all seems well now. I'm sure the next problem will be the kids leaving the door open now. I'd probably be better off without most of the stuff in the garage anyways :-)

You sound just like Kirt Russell. Nice professional work, love to learn from experience rather a book.

I learned about adjustments in the hardware. Than you..

I can't thank you enough.

very helpful. thank you.

Thank you for posting. Great video. My son-in-law and I just replaced the springs on my daughters garage door but it won't stay open. I'm going to go back today to try adjusting it.

8:15 min fixed my problem. After the rain wthe wooden 1 piece door would only lift 1 ft , stall and return. The springs may be starting to wear out but the spring wasn't assisting on the last 2 feet. Thanks saved me a house call and probably unnecessary new P728 springs

Hi, great video, very helpful! I've got a couple questions, much appreciated if yourself or anyone can help me out with them: 1) How much overhead clearance do i need above the 7' height of my door to allow the door to open without clashing with the ceiling? 2) If my door jamb isn't sturdy, but i have a post (triple stud) just behind the jamb, can i mount the system to that? i.e. how far 'in' from the edge of the door opening/jamb can the system be mounted? Thanks, Dan

Thank you! this is one of the best Videos i have ever seen! - where can i buy just the hardwares?

Mike, thanks so much. I learned a lot from your great videos. From the Holmes brochure I see they recommend 2 x 728 springs per side for 150-300 pound doors and 2 x 528 per side for 200-350 pounds. I notice that you are mixing one 528 and one 728 per side. Is there an advantage of doing that versus sticking with the same model springs in tandem?

good vid. thank you..

Interesting video thanks. My garage door (in New Zealand) doesn't seem to have that level of adjustment - only a single spring, and no nifty 'kicker' to alter the spring stretch near closed. But! I've been able to use your advice to adjust the springs, to stop the door jamming partly open, improve the balance, and (I think) give the garage door opener a bit of an easier time. Cheers.

I want to thank you for this video. One of my garage door springs broke/snapped on a Saturday. I called a garage door repair service. I was asked if I considered this as an emergency? Or was it something that could wait and be scheduled between Monday thru Friday? I asked, what is the difference between the two? He said, if I wanted it done today that it would cost $100 extra to the normal service charge. I guess Saturday at 7 in morning is emergency! I then asked, what is the normal charge? The normal service charge was $325 plus the $100 for a total of $425. I told him that I would have to call him back. I went on KZfaq and found your video. I went to 3 home improvement stores and nobody had the springs that I needed or had very limited springs in stock. When I say very limited I mean they only had 2 or 3 springs in stock. I then googled for garage door springs. Some places wanted $100 a spring. One place wanted $200 a spring. I was able to purchased two identical springs from Affordable Openers online. Which cost me less than $130 which included sales tax and a 2 day priority mail shipping. I just want to say that Affordable Openers are the BEST and you are too!!!!

Wow! Nice video. My garage door springs busted on one side yesterday. I took them out and went and got the exact replacements for them. Everything I fix on this house was Micky Moused by the previous owner. On the side of the door that broke there were 2 P732c springs and on the side that did not break there is 1 sl732c and 1 p732c. I decided to get 4 sl732c springs and replace them all. So today when I went to replace them I realized that with the door completely open, the springs are completely loose. This may explain why the carriage assembly on my garage door opener is breaking. All the load is on the carriage assembly when the door is completely in the open position. After seeing how loose the springs were I started looking at videos and came across this. Here is my situation. #1 The 32's are way too long and I don't have any chain links left to go into the direction I need to get more distance between the end of the spring and the hinge (not sure what its called.) In addition My anchor is pretty much as low as it can go. #2 Now I am unsure what spring to use because I have no idea what my doors weighs and the previous owner obviously cannot be trusted. #3 After watching your video I realize I am missing the adjustment bolts that adjust the lower operation of the door. Maybe you can give me some advice. It looks like I may need to go with 28 inch springs. Do they make them any smaller than that? Also is there a way to estimate how much my door weighs. I went out and measured it. It is a 16 by 7 door with nine 7 foot 2 by 4's, two 16 foot 2 by 4's, and some hardware.The panel looks like it might be plywood and its (measured) thickness is 5/16 inch. With your experience I thought maybe you could give me an idea of how much it weighs and recommend a spring.

I have a question on spring length. I commonly see 28",30" and 32" I know the wire thickness 5,7,9 determines strength and how much weight the springs will lift. How do you pick the correct length of spring? My scenario - a rental property with 6 doors, All doors are original and I'm finding 4 spring lengths. My guess is the repair people use what they have and make it work... How to you pick the correct length? Any advantage to a longer or shorter spring? thanks

Great video and instruction! However, could you explain how to adjust the other two adjustments? I mean the location of the pivot bolt located on the big plate that is bolted to the wall, and the length of the long skinny arm that goes to that same pivot? Thanks!

Thank you so much for the very useful video !! My 1-piece door is on Holmes model 1100 hardware which looks to be a lighter or cheaper hardware (??) than the E900 but I haven't found any manual or parts list for the model 1100. When the door is fully open I can grab the bottom edge and can easily move it from side to side, which is alarming, but I an guessing it may be due to the thinner gauge metal on the 1100 hardware (???). I have a feeling that I could "upgrade" to the E900 hardware and all arms/hinges/levers/ ... would attach to the same places on the jam and on the door. 1. When closing the 1-piece wooden door by hand it was always heavy starting at eye level and all the way down. I followed your advice and moved the kicker plate "shoulder" bolt from the center hole to the next "lower" hole and now the door is perfectly balanced at waist high, which I hope will help reduce the strain on the GDO motor. 2. Now the door is a little "springy" on the top 1/3 or 1/4, so I am thinking this could be improved by reducing the amount of spring pre-stretch via the Holmes LJ-1P adjustment hardware on the lower jam. Does that sound right to you? 3. Also, the door is still a little heavy "from the knees down" and I was going to reposition the bolt on the kicker plate "groove" as shown on your video but I realized that there were no bolts there. From your video it looks like the groove bolt is not a "shoulder" bolt like all the others but rather a regular bolt/nut set with a "spacer" in the gap, is this right? 4. The door is about 150 lbs and it uses a "single P528C" spring on each side. Do you think changing to "two" smaller springs (P928's or P728's) on each side will help the balance? Again, thanks in advance for any advice.

this is so funny! I'm dying thumbs up!!!

Thank you for the great video. I now have the confidence to tackle my door problem. My problem is that my very old door is not flat when it's open. It sags down on one side. What adjustment should I make to fix this problem? I am not familiar with the names of the various parts. Is there a way you could add to your video and explain the names?

There is hardly ANYTHING out there for these types of hinges. Thank you! Great video and really breaking it down on explaining what everything does. I haven't checked yet but could you do a video or anything on how to center a garage door in the jam that is already on the hinges? On my garage door I noticed on of the hinges is not straight it looks like it was not tightened right so it's pulled one of the hinge bracket that bolts to the jam in towards the garage door tilts like / . They were replaced like 15 maybe 20 yrs ago because I think either the hinge or spring broke on the originals that came with the house in 1965. The hardware still seems good no noticeable metal on metal grinding I try and keep them clean and I do grease them regularly.

Been thinking of putting a one piece door on a secondary detatched garage on my future property with this type lifting gear using a custom made wood door(the garage attatched to the house will have a recessed panel wood sectional door which will be a 16' x 7' 4 section long panel with windows on the 3rd section, going for a mid century retro theme). What lifting gear is that? Holmes E900? I live in Minnesota BTW.

Excelent video. What size or weight of spring your use for front and rear? How do you know which to pick? Thank you

No safety cable? Oh, never mind, I see that they are built right into the springs.

Great video..Very helpful. Q: currently have 2 springs of 728 on each side.. can I replace them with 1 of 528 on each side.?

Love your video. I remember these doors when I was a kid but haven't seen them recently. I have been looking for this type of hardware for a project I am doing (not a garage door) but can not find the hardware used or new. Would like to find some used hardware to keep my costs down. I want to see if I can get my one piece fence gate to open upwards so I can create some shade to work under. Any help?

insane. Are you still installing these doors? I wasn't even aware these parts were available. What cases would you recommend a chin buster over a standard sectional overhead?

Thank you so much for your simple and highly informative video!! I am an installer/tech and do not get the chance to work on many 1-piece doors these days! I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and expertise with everyone! I have just 2 questions, what make & model is this door? And can this installation and adjustment process be replicated on older models as well or is this set of instructions limited to this particular type of setup? Again, I Thank you for your time!

Very informative and well done video. One question: How do you get the right springs? Do you buy them by the length, or by the weight of the door? Thanks

So how do you know what springs are needed in the first place? I think this video showed a P728 and a P528 on each side. Would it have been possible to use other combinations for the same door?

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Upon opening and closing of a one piece door - it produces a decent amount of thrashing noises - what does that elude to? Worn hinges/hardware or bad springs?