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

  • From: "Mongar, Brian" <Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:21:42 -0500

I guess I haven't owned any garage doors that had torsion springs on them for 
more than a couple years.  My experiences have been swapping out the 
traditional with the torsion, and then I have moved in just a few years.

I have had springs break in the middle of the night too, it seems the way the 
go (from what I hear many have had that happen) 

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From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Jared Ryan
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 12:56 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: 2WD vs. 4WD Truck

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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