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Blue garage door extension springs.
Many of the older extension springs may not have visible paint color on either end of the spring.
80 gold 90 lt.
Garage door extension springs are color coded to help you identify what type of lifting power and extension spring your garage door requires.
Starting with our easy to use selection tool you can easily find the garage door extension springs you are looking for the 1st time.
In some cases the supplier may want to know.
Garage door extension spring with 120 lbs duty rating and green color codeâ works with most all residential garage door brandsâ includes 123 2 in safety cable.
It takes two 100lb white springs to lift a 100lb door.
Can be used on any door that weighs around 90 lbs disconnect the springs and opener and use a scale to weigh the door if unsure of the weight of the door.
Double loop ends for longer life.
Extension springs require 2 springs to pull the listed weight.
So all you need to do is locate this color indicator and relay the color you ve found red yellow blue orange etc to the extension spring supplier.
The tube holds the springs and keeps them from falling similar to the safety cables on an extension spring system.
If your garage door has extension springs the springs stretch out as the door closes and retract as the door opens the garage door industry has released a standard color chart for the strength pull for these springs as seen in the table below.
Those color codes are as follows.
Blue 100 tan 110 white 120 green 130 yellow 140 blue 150 red 160 brown.
Garage door extension spring double looped for 7 high door 90 pounds 25 42 90 coded light blue small pair 4 5 out of 5 stars 109 51 97 51.
97 25 99 item 57 95 57 95.
Torsion springs are located above the garage door opening and run on a torsion tube.
Garage door extension springs for 7 high door.
There two types of springs that are commonly used in garage door systems torsion springs and extension springs.
90 lbs light blue garage door extension spring ideal security garage door extension springs are designed for standard 7 high garage doors.
All springs are coated for extended life and rated for a minimum of 10 000 cycles.
This will tell them what they need to know.
That s because garage door extension springs have a stripe of color on them that indicates their size.