WardStradlater t1_iu503p7 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:21 PM

Reply to comment by tuckedfexas in [Help] Please advise on how to safely remove an old garage door spring (existing guides are all for new styles of torsion spring) by moron_that_later

As someone who has had to deal with a lot of older garage doors in my youth, this is definitely makeshift and not assembled correctly hahaha. This is the result of someone’s spouse nagging them for 6 months to fix it and drunkenly coming up with a solution on a Saturday night.

moron_that_later OP t1_iu51rew wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:32 PM

haha that sounds very likely. the whole garage is full of these "makeshift solutions." but let's be honest, someone's going to be posting the same stuff about my hackjobs on some forum 50 years from now..

tuckedfexas t1_iu51v0d wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Hard to see based on the pictures but I’m not even sure what the springs would be doing. Doesn’t look like they have enough travel to assist with the door lifting lol

moron_that_later OP t1_iu53xpe wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:47 PM

Lol totally agree. Someone was very proud of their weekend project though I'm sure