Can't Get '65 Out of Garage
09-01-2014, 10:20 AM
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Can't Get '65 Out of Garage
. . . On a three-day weekend!
My garage double door torsion spring broke, dammit.
What timing.
And that is the heaviest garage door I have ever tried to open without a spring.
My garage double door torsion spring broke, dammit.
What timing.
And that is the heaviest garage door I have ever tried to open without a spring.
09-01-2014, 10:31 AM
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Thats what they make sawzall's for...just cut the shape of your car and your good to go...just tell you insurance company someone tried to steal your car....
09-01-2014, 11:14 AM
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09-01-2014, 11:34 AM
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Ha. I had a spring break on the door at my old business once. I finally got it raised by prying it up enough to get a floor jack under it, then an old bumper jack, then back to the floor jack with increasingly longer 4x4s.
I would never stand in the doorway after that spring was replaced, for fear it would break again and cut me in half.
Russ
I would never stand in the doorway after that spring was replaced, for fear it would break again and cut me in half.
Russ
09-01-2014, 12:33 PM
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Just be careful if you start yanking on that door. Lift with your legs!
09-01-2014, 01:31 PM
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I like to grease the torsion springs.
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09-01-2014, 01:35 PM
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09-01-2014, 03:16 PM
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I had to check, LOL. Darned heavy door.