Garage Door Spring Winding Direction

Usually you will have two springs on your door which will be color coded.

Garage door spring winding direction.

Right hand winding springs wind in a clockwise manner with the end wire on the right while left hand winding springs go anticlockwise with their end wire on the left. In most cases you can determine the wind of your garage door torsion spring by using the color coded system on the cones at the end of the spring. Basically door springs can either wind to the left or to the right. Failure to install the torsion springs on the correct side will cause your door to function improperly and could result in serious injury.

How to determine wind direction. Most of the time the end on the right hand wind is red and the left and wind is black as you can see on the graphic below. Using a right wound spring where left wound is needed will interfere with and perhaps prevent the operation of the door. Note that if you have an owner s manual available you can find this information within.

Right wound left wound or both. Each spring used in this manner has a particular wind direction.