Garage Door Spring Winding Direction

Basically door springs can either wind to the left or to the right.

Garage door spring winding direction. Using a right wound spring where left wound is needed will interfere with and perhaps prevent the operation of the door. 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. Each spring used in this manner has a particular wind direction. Black winding cone torsion springs are used on the right side of the door and red winding cone torsion springs are used on the left side of the door when viewing the door from the inside looking out.

Right wound left wound or both. 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. Note that if you have an owner s manual available you can find this information within. How to determine wind direction.

Usually you will have two springs on your door which will be color coded. It is important to check the winding of your current spring to avoid buying the wrong one.