Following this up...
Got around to working on it this weekend. Was too cold for WAY too long and then lots of busy work once it warmed up which is why I put it off. But this weekend was productive and I got to it.
I explored the ideas above about using the rods to turn the spring and hold it in place with tension removed from the door. Turns out that was way more difficult to figure out than I expected. Nothing I could figure out would allow a solid hold of the spring in the un-tensioned position in a reliable manner. Too much risk of things getting shaken around and loosened up with the process of lifting the door and removing the bracket.
So I went with my prior method, which involved using ratchet straps to pull down on the brackets the cable attaches to, then slightly jacking up the door. That allowed me to unbolt the bracket and get the weather stripping out of the channel. After that it was just a matter of putting new self-tapping screws through the channel to fasten it back to the door and then painfully, slowly shoving the seal back into the grooves of the channel.
I hope this will be the last time I have to repair a seal. I'm putting down a garage door threshold that will raise the door up off the floor slightly and will eliminate the freezing issue (hopefully!).
Rob
Got around to working on it this weekend. Was too cold for WAY too long and then lots of busy work once it warmed up which is why I put it off. But this weekend was productive and I got to it.
I explored the ideas above about using the rods to turn the spring and hold it in place with tension removed from the door. Turns out that was way more difficult to figure out than I expected. Nothing I could figure out would allow a solid hold of the spring in the un-tensioned position in a reliable manner. Too much risk of things getting shaken around and loosened up with the process of lifting the door and removing the bracket.
So I went with my prior method, which involved using ratchet straps to pull down on the brackets the cable attaches to, then slightly jacking up the door. That allowed me to unbolt the bracket and get the weather stripping out of the channel. After that it was just a matter of putting new self-tapping screws through the channel to fasten it back to the door and then painfully, slowly shoving the seal back into the grooves of the channel.
I hope this will be the last time I have to repair a seal. I'm putting down a garage door threshold that will raise the door up off the floor slightly and will eliminate the freezing issue (hopefully!).
Rob
