Broken Garage Door Springs and What That Means for Your Garage Door Opener!

This could cost you serious $$$. Most people don’t realize that the garage door spring is the heavy lifter. The garage door opener is only manufactured to pull it back. Actually the parts are made to fail at a certain point. Which is good because they will hopefully fail before the motor burns out. That failsafe keeps you from having to buy a new opener if you do use it before you realize your spring is broken. Let’s look at the symptoms of a broken garage door spring and how your opener will perform. If you see these symptoms, STOP using your garage door opener immediately and call a reputable garage door repair company.

You should stop using your garage door opener:

1. If you hear a loud noise from the garage that sounds like a gunshot. This may be your spring breaking.

2. If your garage door opener is not lifting your door all the way. For instance it may go up about a foot and then drop back to the ground. This can also be a symptom of a broken spring.

3. You may see the spring is broken on the tube.

If you repeatedly open the garage door with the opener in these cases, you could be putting undue stress on the garage door opener motor. This could cost you a replacement for your opener.