Capturing the end of a garage door spring when hook breaks off

Dec 12, 2010 1 Replies

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Bob Engelhardt 15 years ago

When a garage door spring broke the other day, I fashioned a "fix" for it by bending a piece of strap iron:

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Does anybody have any experience with this approach and can tell me how well it's going to work? So far so good, but I'm a little nervous about it.

Thanks, Bob

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Bob Engelhardt 15 years ago

When I was shopping for replacement springs I came across springs which used the exact same attachment as I made. The attachments were called clips. And they were only used on the springs for much heavier doors. I take this to mean that they are stronger, better, than hooks. I'm tempted to make clips for the new springs.

Thanks for all the replies, Bob

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