Adjusting Roller Door Tension

This helps maintain the life of your garage door o.

Adjusting roller door tension.

Retest the door balance as you did in step 1. You must release the tension on the garage door springs before attempting adjustment or replacement. Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working smoothly. This is accomplished by opening the garage door as fully as possible until it hits the stop bolt on the track.

Open the door to release the tension on the springs. Clamp the garage door in place with a c clamp above the bottom roller. To adjust your garage door s side mounted springs first open your door fully and secure it in place with a c clamp below the bottom roller. When adjusting the rollers you will need to adjust each side of the panel.

Open the garage door fully. If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket. This is how to loosen or tighten the tension on a roll up door. Hold the door in place.

Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension. Over time the framing of your home settles. Use locking pliers or a c clamp under the bottom rollers to prevent the door from rolling down. Here are the steps to adjust common torsion spring mechanisms.

These springs will generally maintain a high level of tension. This is how to loosen or tighten the tension on a roll up door. As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor. If it was opening too quickly move it to the next lower hole.

Unplug the opener and pull the emergency release cord up and down to disconnect the door from the opener. Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger. Close the garage door and disconnect your garage door opener. As part of maintaining your garage roller door it is important that the roller door is tensioned properly.