[elky] Re: 2WD vs. 4WD Truck

  • From: Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:55:51 -0500

Torsion springs do break. ;-)  They usually do so on a cold, rainy morning
when you're already running behind to leave for work or school.

While I agree that they are reliable, they are not pleasant when they do
break, and they are very dangerous to change.

I try to make it a point to never walk under a door while it is either
opening or closing, because that is the most likely time for a spring to
break, though the last broken spring I encountered happened while the door
was closed, overnight.

I'm actually less familiar with the "traditional" springs (though I have
seen them) than torsion springs.  I guess it's because most houses I've
been in have been built in the late '70s or later.


On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:50:20 -0500, "Mongar, Brian"
<Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's a smokin price.  If you buy a door, I love the torsion springs,
you
> install them and they stay put and don't break.  Traditional garage door
> springs are a PIA!  And dangerous, well at the very least to a paint job
in
> the middle of the night. 


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