Left Or Right Wound Garage Door Spring

Measure the wire size.

Left or right wound garage door spring. 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. Thus they have their end of wire on the right side. With most new garage doors there will be two torsion springs separated by a divider that s located at the midpoint of the door. Both 10 000 standard cycle and 25 000 high cycle springs are available in left or right wind and in precut or longer lengths.

Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. The right hand winding springs are wound in a clockwise direction. Both the winding and stationary cones are professionally installed for safe operation. 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. The spring to your right is a left wound spring and the spring to your left is the 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.

Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring. 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. All of our torsion spring wire is coated for improved corrosion resistance and easier handling. 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. The left and right springs. On the contrary it is very simple to determine the winding type of a garage door spring. Install new or use this pair of left and right wound torsion springs to replace broken sectional garage door torsion springs.

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. Wire size x 2 in. Spring orientation if ordering just one spring left wound or right wound.

What can we say it s complicated. Both 10 000 standard cycle and 25 000 high cycle springs are available in left or right wind and in precut or longer lengths. The spring whose endpoints in a clockwise direction is a left wound spring while that whose endpoint in anticlockwise direction is a right wound. Usually you will have two springs on your door which will be color coded.

They call it a right spring but when you are looking at the door from the inside it goes on the left.