iowajosh t1_j79fayk wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:21 AM

Reply to comment by mrmow49120 in Replacing garage door torsion springs… can I go longer in length? by leifashley27

If they are the same size and too long, you end up winding extra turns on them and they will not last longer. If the wire size is larger and they are the correct length and torque, they will last longer.

mrmow49120 t1_j7bfo9x wrote on February 5, 2023 at 3:32 PM

We had a moron put a replacement on that was about 1/4 less ass long as the original and it didn’t last 2 years. When we had the next one put on I made them make it twice as long……..12 years later and a new motherboard on the opener and it’s still working fine so……yeah try and tell us how smart you are!!!! FO!