Roll Up Door Tension Adjustment

Brackets and tensioner already in place.

Roll up door tension adjustment.

The amount of tension required may vary slightly. Many roll up doors feature brackets that hold the tension in a winding bar that s manually controlled during adjustments. As roll up doors age the springs may relax somewhat and require adjustment to properly assist in lifting the door. Once you ve moved the hook to its new location replace the nut on the back and use the wrench to tighten the hook into place.

Adjust both springs equally one at a time if your door was balanced. Economical roll up doors. It enables experienced maintenance personnel to self adjust the door within minutes unlike the older roll up doors that lack tension adjusters and require a door technician to make any changes. Final adjustment if necessary will be made in step 10.

Pre assembled roll up door. If you want to use a drill attachment be sure it s a variable speed drill set at a low speed. Available up to 10 wide by 10 high. In this video chris shows you how to remove or add tension to trac rite roll up door springs.

Selecting light duty roll up doors designed for quick and easy tension adjustments. Model 650 750 tension device adjustment over a period of time it is possible for the springs to relax. It s important to examine the roll up door s tension set bracket to determine how easy and safe adjustments will be. To make sure you achieve the right tension adjust the spring by one hole at a time.

Roll up doors commercial door garage door overhead steel door roll up shed door and roll up barn door. With the door in the open position simply insert a standard 5 16 allen wrench into the exposed drive and adjust clockwise to reduce tension or counterclockwise to increase tension.