This video is so niche, the kind you only watch when you have THIS SPECIFIC problems. Thanks man, its pretty simple once you see it done, but i was scared to break something while trying it without seeing someone else do it first.
You're so right! Lol we just bought a house with 2 garage doors but only 1 has a door opener attached so we were trying to figure out how we can use the other door until we get a opener installed
Same. It's a confidence boost knowing that I likely won't hurt myself! Just one time to let me to get the car out of the garage. The close it up and call a professional!
Anyone who downvoted or put a silly comment, I watched this video and got my garage door open. Technicality of titles aside, this video is helpful, thank you!
I started to jack up my door to get my daughters car out. Then I thought maybe somebody on U-Tube has a better idea. And Thanks To You I was able to open the door just as you showed. Thanks for saving me a lot of work. Nice video. Easily explained.
Thank you! We watched other videos that just kept insisting pulling the red cord would work and no. I felt trapped inside our house. Really appreciate that you took the time to upload this video.
Just dropping in to thank you! Had a sudden spring snap right before I was supposed to make an appointment and both cars were stuck in the garage! Watched this vid and got things opened up just in time. Life saver!
Thank you for this video. My husband will be leaving for elk hunting for five days and our left spring broke at 9:00 last night (with a loud noise that frightened both me and our cat). My husband is recovering from a hairline fracture of his right radial head and I have what my doctor calls an "angry shoulder" but this morning we were able to open our 19+ year old door, pull my car out of the garage and then close the door. He then called a repair company to replace both springs, but I can got about my planned errands now and even if the door isn't repaired while he is elk hunting.
Isn't youtube a wonderful thing? I was in the same situation this morning, and it occurred to me that somebody has dealt with this problem before and has posted an answer. Thanks Kirk!
Thank you for this video. I thought I was trapped until the repairman comes which is 2 days away now. I discovered the break 1 day ago. I missed going to the gym yesterday because of it, and I hate bothering my neighbors. So, since my brother is coming over today, we will use this video as our guide.
Gigantic THANKS!!! My spring failed last night & I needed a solution fast. Your solution worked perfectly for me. Thank you so much!! I'm now a subscriber
Life Saving video!! Our spring broke on the garage door and my car was stuck inside. We couldn’t get a repair person over to the house until two days later
Thanks for the video tip. Our garage door wouldn't open because of one broken spring. It would go up about a foot, get stuck, then go back down again. I followed your advice and assisted the opener by becoming the second spring. It's important to get the timing right, as if I didn't push up instantly on the door as it was opening it appeared to detect overload and the motor stopped. By pushing it up the moment the motor engaged I was able to get it open and get the car out. I should also add that because I live in Florida, my double door is heavier than the average double door because of extra hurricane bracing added to it. Using your method I was still able to get it open on my own, but could really feel the extra weight when I initially pushed up on it. Thanks again for the tip, and thumbs up!
Thank you for this additional tip. We initially ran into the same issue - but was able to resolve on the first try after reading your additional input. Thank you!
Thank you so much, got into an awful situation tonight. Parked my car in the garage went upstairs and hear a big thud from the garage. Sure enough the garage was stuck and after looking I noticed that the major spring at the top was busted on one side. No other videos seemed to factor in that this specific situation could make the door inoperable to open manually and by extension offered no solution to get the car out besides calling a repairman which for me was likely impossible because it was already 11pm at night. Long story short thank you, I was able to get my car out and will be able to pick my parents up from the airport tomorrow morning. You have my gratitude!
I echo Wen's sentiment. On Halloween night (10/31/18) I heard a loud bang coming from the garage and knew right away what the problem was, due to this happening to my next door neighbor about a year earlier. I spent all day yesterday trying to get someone to come fix the problem so that I could get my car out, but everyone I talked to wanted what I thought was way too much money. I was going stir-crazy from feeling stuck, but when I finally calmed down it occurred to me that there might be a way to get the door open, and so I decided to Google it. Lo and behold your video showed up in the search, and thankfully your garage door looked just like mine so I knew this could be the right solution. After trying to get it up on my own unsuccessfully, I shared the link with a male friend of mine, who thought that it couldn't be that easy. Long story short, he came by the next afternoon, and following your instructions, we got the door open in less than 5 minutes! I am so deeply grateful that you posted this video. Thank you so much.
Well if you are calling people to work after hours for emergency service, don’t be surprised when it actually cost money. These guys work 65-85 hrs a week when they are on call, so yeah it cost money to rip someone away from their family after hours.
Thanks man. Got a big commercial door super heavy and was afraid of jacking up the motor but this was the only way to get yourself back out when the spring breaks going in. Thank you brother!
Thanks. Was about to cancel my appt at the VA in the morning. I replace them the last time a spring broke 15 years ago. I'll be paying someone to do it this time around. This was a great help.
very helpful and common sense; incident happened on a weekend at my elderly father's house, and i had no experience with torsion springs and door openers; video turned what was a concerning situation with the only car being trapped inside the garage into a minor nuisance of opening the door with some minor manual effort
Good info. I had this happen today. Finally noticed that the spring on one side was broken. Just about the time I started looking for videos, I started thinking: "Half the spring that helps open the door is gone. Maybe if I just got under there to help push." Mine wasn't nearly as easy as this. Taller, heavier door and even with me pushing with all my 6'1" 185lb frame, it stalled. I kept toggling the opener when it would stop. With EVERYTHING I HAD before collapsing physically and mentally, it opened.
Thank you so much for this video! Was able to open the door to get my car out of my garage then close the door again until I can get someone to fix it. Really appreciate you doing this video!
Thank you Kirk!! This video saved me a lot of hassle I would have had to go through if I couldn’t get my cars out of the garage until the following day. Much appreciated!
Thank you. Just like most folks here have said your video is really helpful in case the torsion spring breaks and there's no way to open the garage and get the cars out
Trapped on a Sunday morning by a broken spring (sounded like a car crashed into the side of my house). I called my friend and he came and helped me lift the door. Thank God for community.
Thank YOU for posting this video!! It was very simple but so helpful HAAAAA :). There are serveral videos on replacing the broken cable (Which was my issue) But your video is the 1st one I came across that addressed the most IMPORTANT part----- How to get the door open to get the car out of the gargage!! Thank YOU Thank YOU Thank YOU
Thank you! I wasn't sure of I needed to call for repair or just replace my opener because my springs are housed and not visible. Now I know because it's easy to open mine manually without the opener even running. Springs must be fine.
Thank you for this excellent video! I had the same problem! I did what said and it worked perfectly! You are a gentleman and a scholar! Thank you so much!!! Best regards!
Are the springs supposed to be in the middle.? I have 2 but off to the right side. The screws attached to the door and pulley just popped off the other day! Where can you get replacement springs?
I have a problem the 2 cables on left and right side came unloose. So I closed the garage door while the spring is unloose now the door is too heavy to lift up manually. Would this work if the 2 cables are loose and mess up to lift it up? I need it to be in the open position to work on the cables.
My door has a large single spring, so when it broke 100% of the assist was gone. I couldn't lift it, so I bought a new spring from Amazon and put it on. Voilà, perfect!
One recommendation: My garage door opener has a torque limiter and it tripped out with the door open about one foot and locked in position, so I couldn't manually help it open. I turned the torque limiter up to the max setting and then I was able to manually assist the opener, like is shown in this video. I have an old Sears Craftsman opener and the torque limiter is on the back end of the door opener. It is an adjustment screw labeled "Opening Force". Remember to return the torque limiter to the required setting when you get the torsion springs repaired.
Came home from work to garage that opened 3 inches, then closed. Went inside and found left broken spring. The disconnect doesn't solve it, door is forced shut. A quick search found this. Thanks. Still a pain in the a@@ to lift, but done.
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We just had our spring break today, and in a deseparate search, I was THANKFUL to come across your video!
This just happened to me. Fell like hill hogan lifting the 2 door up myself 😂😂
This video is so niche, the kind you only watch when you have THIS SPECIFIC problems. Thanks man, its pretty simple once you see it done, but i was scared to break something while trying it without seeing someone else do it first.
You're so right! Lol we just bought a house with 2 garage doors but only 1 has a door opener attached so we were trying to figure out how we can use the other door until we get a opener installed
Same here. Just had to do this trick
Same. It's a confidence boost knowing that I likely won't hurt myself! Just one time to let me to get the car out of the garage. The close it up and call a professional!
You are a lifesaver! Spring broke last night and this video saved us since both cars were trapped in garage. Thanks!
Anyone who downvoted or put a silly comment, I watched this video and got my garage door open. Technicality of titles aside, this video is helpful, thank you!
Thanks for the positive comment. Glad it helped out.
Huge thank you!!! I was stuck inside with a day full of errands to run. Your video saved my day. Can't thank you enough for it. God bless you.
I’m still trapped. Hope I can get out.
I started to jack up my door to get my daughters car out. Then I thought maybe somebody on U-Tube has a better idea. And Thanks To You I was able to open the door just as you showed. Thanks for saving me a lot of work. Nice video. Easily explained.
Your video is still "saving lives" all these years later 😂. Thank you, Sir. Godspeed
Thank you! We watched other videos that just kept insisting pulling the red cord would work and no. I felt trapped inside our house. Really appreciate that you took the time to upload this video.
Just dropping in to thank you! Had a sudden spring snap right before I was supposed to make an appointment and both cars were stuck in the garage! Watched this vid and got things opened up just in time. Life saver!
This has got to be one of the most useful videos on TH-cam!
Very well thought out thanks for posting it.
You are definitely correct, even in 2022! Thanks bro
This video saved my weekend. Both cars stuck in garage because door spring broke.
Thank you for the knowledge and assistance a mere 4 years later.
Thank you Kirk. So funny I was trying to lift from middle and would not budge. Your video to lift from the side with the broken spring saved the day!
Thank you for this video. My husband will be leaving for elk hunting for five days and our left spring broke at 9:00 last night (with a loud noise that frightened both me and our cat). My husband is recovering from a hairline fracture of his right radial head and I have what my doctor calls an "angry shoulder" but this morning we were able to open our 19+ year old door, pull my car out of the garage and then close the door. He then called a repair company to replace both springs, but I can got about my planned errands now and even if the door isn't repaired while he is elk hunting.
Isn't youtube a wonderful thing? I was in the same situation this morning, and it occurred to me that somebody has dealt with this problem before and has posted an answer. Thanks Kirk!
Thank you for this video. I thought I was trapped until the repairman comes which is 2 days away now. I discovered the break 1 day ago. I missed going to the gym yesterday because of it, and I hate bothering my neighbors. So, since my brother is coming over today, we will use this video as our guide.
Gigantic THANKS!!! My spring failed last night & I needed a solution fast. Your solution worked perfectly for me. Thank you so much!! I'm now a subscriber
Life Saving video!! Our spring broke on the garage door and my car was stuck inside. We couldn’t get a repair person over to the house until two days later
Thanks for the video tip. Our garage door wouldn't open because of one broken spring. It would go up about a foot, get stuck, then go back down again. I followed your advice and assisted the opener by becoming the second spring. It's important to get the timing right, as if I didn't push up instantly on the door as it was opening it appeared to detect overload and the motor stopped. By pushing it up the moment the motor engaged I was able to get it open and get the car out.
I should also add that because I live in Florida, my double door is heavier than the average double door because of extra hurricane bracing added to it. Using your method I was still able to get it open on my own, but could really feel the extra weight when I initially pushed up on it.
Thanks again for the tip, and thumbs up!
Thank you for this additional tip. We initially ran into the same issue - but was able to resolve on the first try after reading your additional input. Thank you!
Thank you so much, got into an awful situation tonight. Parked my car in the garage went upstairs and hear a big thud from the garage. Sure enough the garage was stuck and after looking I noticed that the major spring at the top was busted on one side. No other videos seemed to factor in that this specific situation could make the door inoperable to open manually and by extension offered no solution to get the car out besides calling a repairman which for me was likely impossible because it was already 11pm at night. Long story short thank you, I was able to get my car out and will be able to pick my parents up from the airport tomorrow morning. You have my gratitude!
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Having the exact same issue. I'm gonna try it tomorrow. Thanks so much for the video!
I echo Wen's sentiment. On Halloween night (10/31/18) I heard a loud bang coming from the garage and knew right away what the problem was, due to this happening to my next door neighbor about a year earlier. I spent all day yesterday trying to get someone to come fix the problem so that I could get my car out, but everyone I talked to wanted what I thought was way too much money. I was going stir-crazy from feeling stuck, but when I finally calmed down it occurred to me that there might be a way to get the door open, and so I decided to Google it. Lo and behold your video showed up in the search, and thankfully your garage door looked just like mine so I knew this could be the right solution. After trying to get it up on my own unsuccessfully, I shared the link with a male friend of mine, who thought that it couldn't be that easy. Long story short, he came by the next afternoon, and following your instructions, we got the door open in less than 5 minutes! I am so deeply grateful that you posted this video. Thank you so much.
Well if you are calling people to work after hours for emergency service, don’t be surprised when it actually cost money. These guys work 65-85 hrs a week when they are on call, so yeah it cost money to rip someone away from their family after hours.
Thanks man. Got a big commercial door super heavy and was afraid of jacking up the motor but this was the only way to get yourself back out when the spring breaks going in. Thank you brother!
Thanks. Was about to cancel my appt at the VA in the morning. I replace them the last time a spring broke 15 years ago. I'll be paying someone to do it this time around. This was a great help.
very helpful and common sense; incident happened on a weekend at my elderly father's house, and i had no experience with torsion springs and door openers; video turned what was a concerning situation with the only car being trapped inside the garage into a minor nuisance of opening the door with some minor manual effort
Good info. I had this happen today. Finally noticed that the spring on one side was broken. Just about the time I started looking for videos, I started thinking: "Half the spring that helps open the door is gone. Maybe if I just got under there to help push." Mine wasn't nearly as easy as this. Taller, heavier door and even with me pushing with all my 6'1" 185lb frame, it stalled. I kept toggling the opener when it would stop. With EVERYTHING I HAD before collapsing physically and mentally, it opened.
Thank you so much for this video! Was able to open the door to get my car out of my garage then close the door again until I can get someone to fix it. Really appreciate you doing this video!
Thanks for making this. Got the cars out on a Sunday with broken torsion spring all thanks to you.
Thank you for this. Saved me a $100 emergency service call! Much appreciated.
This video is a gem . . . it is so inspiring when folks share their expertise! ❤️
HUGE help! Never would have thought to try this without this video. Thanks so much for putting it up!
Thank you Kirk!! This video saved me a lot of hassle I would have had to go through if I couldn’t get my cars out of the garage until the following day. Much appreciated!
Thanks! Soooo much. It's Sunday morning and I'm no longer trapped! I helped the door out!
Thank you so much for this video. I was definitely panicking trying to figure out how I was going get my car out. I appreciate you.
This is great. Thank you for sharing. I was about to call my entire family to come help lift this dang door.
You're not kidding, that door is heavy! Thanks
Thank you. Your video just helped my panicking husband open our newly broken garage door.
This was a life saver!!!! Thank you so much! My husband and I were able to get our truck out of the garage when one of the springs broke!
We have a broken spring the cable disconnected. My car has been stuck in the garage since yesterday, a Saturday.
Thank you. Just like most folks here have said your video is really helpful in case the torsion spring breaks and there's no way to open the garage and get the cars out
Life saver, lol.. single momma had no idea how to reconnect it. Thank you.
Great video. Needed a 2nd person since we only have one spring but this helped get us part of the way up letting us lift it up the rest of the way!
This video just helped me soo much! I appreciate that you made this video!! Thank you so much because I was trapped so I thought
Thank you for recording and posting this valuable educational video.
Trapped on a Sunday morning by a broken spring (sounded like a car crashed into the side of my house). I called my friend and he came and helped me lift the door. Thank God for community.
So many homes and businesses need additional Garage Door Repair info to keep them in good shape.
I had both my springs broken and this still worked!! Thanks!!!!
Thank YOU for posting this video!!
It was very simple but so helpful HAAAAA :). There are serveral videos on replacing the broken cable (Which was my issue) But your video is the 1st one I came across that addressed the most IMPORTANT part----- How to get the door open to get the car out of the gargage!!
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Thank you for your video!! It worked! Now I can have my car for the weekend until the repair person comes to fix the broken spring.
Thanks for the GREAT advice. It worked for me and I was able to get out of the garage.
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for taking the time to post this video! Very Helpful!
Thanks so much, this is my first comment to you tube, this was most useful video ever, thanks again
Thank you for setting me free my brother, lol. Spring broke trapped in garage.
Omg!!!! This actually worked. Thankyou Thankyou. A niche video that is doing great work
Dude, you are a legend! Thank you for uploading this.
Thank you so much for this video!! It got me out of the garage, I thought that I was trapped!
Great tip. Thanks. Was able to get my wife’s car out this morning.
Thank you for this was able to get the car out tonight. 😊
Thank you! I wasn't sure of I needed to call for repair or just replace my opener because my springs are housed and not visible. Now I know because it's easy to open mine manually without the opener even running. Springs must be fine.
Thank you so much for this video. Saved my Sunday.
Thank you for this excellent video!
I had the same problem! I did what said and it worked perfectly! You are a gentleman and a scholar!
Thank you so much!!! Best regards!
We just watched this video...so very helpful. Thank you.
Common sense is so better demonstrated! Thanks a bunch!
Thank you for your help! Exactly what I was looking for and now we are open! Thanks man
Thanks a lot, man! I was able to get my wife's car out until we get someone here to replace the spring.
So helpful, thank you for documenting this for other folks in the same predicament
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Had a loaner car from dealer trapped in the garage. Still need a repair, but it is less urgent.
Excellent video! A life saver!
🤦♂️ it’s so obvious. I can’t believe I had to look up a TH-cam video to figure this out. Thank you.
Thanks for doing this video for TH-cam! My car was trapped all day!
Whrn the spring broke it tore up the sprocket in between motor & drive cable. Can I still assist the door with spocket missing?
Thanks. I followed you advice and listened to what you said. Got the door opened no problem. Thank you.
This was sooooooo helpful. Push while it pulls. Thank you!
Question. I guess due to the spring being broke the bar bends. Can it still be lifted?
Bro.. you are awesome! This just happened to me. I wish I could give you a 5 star
Thank you!!! I was able get my car out with this video.
Sup Kirk! I searched and starting watching the video and said, "That's Kirk!" Didn't expect that!
Are the springs supposed to be in the middle.? I have 2 but off to the right side.
The screws attached to the door and pulley just popped off the other day!
Where can you get replacement springs?
I have a problem the 2 cables on left and right side came unloose. So I closed the garage door while the spring is unloose now the door is too heavy to lift up manually. Would this work if the 2 cables are loose and mess up to lift it up? I need it to be in the open position to work on the cables.
My door has a large single spring, so when it broke 100% of the assist was gone. I couldn't lift it, so I bought a new spring from Amazon and put it on. Voilà, perfect!
So smart. Thank you.I Tried very hard by hand for a couple times, but never work.
Needed this video today!! Thanks for sharing.
One recommendation: My garage door opener has a torque limiter and it tripped out with the door open about one foot and locked in position, so I couldn't manually help it open. I turned the torque limiter up to the max setting and then I was able to manually assist the opener, like is shown in this video. I have an old Sears Craftsman opener and the torque limiter is on the back end of the door opener. It is an adjustment screw labeled "Opening Force". Remember to return the torque limiter to the required setting when you get the torsion springs repaired.
very interesting , good job and thanks for sharing such a good video on Garage Door Broken Spring.
Thank you! Also, irony that you had a Subaru & a Toyota sitting in the driveway, too. XD
Thank you so much.very detail vedio. You saved the day.
Thank you so much we laughed so much after all the stress it caused 😂😂😂 with my mom until we found this video
I think the best advice was given at the end; "Call the repairman". 😂😂👍👍Thanks for the help!
Came home from work to garage that opened 3 inches, then closed. Went inside and found left broken spring. The disconnect doesn't solve it, door is forced shut. A quick search found this. Thanks. Still a pain in the a@@ to lift, but done.
Thank you so much Kirk! It’s very helpful 😊
Thanks a bunch. This was really helpful. Both springs broke and it seemed impossible to open the door until I watched this video.
Thanks so much I had to pick my son up from school and I was trapped inside the door weighs a ton and it worked ❤️
Showing this to my grandkids. Telling them how I saved the day one time by searching TH-cam 😂
Thanks so much
It worked on a single garage door also -- Although it didn’t help with my torn rotator cuff
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i see snow outside 🙂. i live in MI and well aware of that white stuff. Thanks for the video.
Thanks, worked for me and took a load of anxiety to me.
Amazing video and did the trick!
Thanks do much was trying to get breakfast and this helped alot
Thanks for the tip. I really needed to go to the work today. Nice cars outside btw.
Thanks Kirk. Just what the Doctor ordered.
Great video. I have the same issue and I was able to open the door!
I have two extension springs on each side on my garage door. How do I open manually?