[DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night

[Asa Jay Laughton]

This happened to me just about a month ago in fact.  However mine is  
of the design Bill speaks of below.  Mine actually snapped after the  
door had closed, after I got out of the car and turned to make my way  
into the house.  I knew almost instantly what happened.

When I looked back, the spring was still on the rod.  My door system  
has a rod that goes through the center of each spring, so they stay  
put if they break.

I had to leave for a trade show the very next morning, but I gave  
Shelley some recommendations.  She called around, and had one come  
out.  They replaced both springs and re-tuned the lift on the door for  
under a hundred bucks as I recall.

I know others in my area that weren't as lucky.  And it's one of them  
who found it's a bitch to match silver paint.

Asa Jay

Quoting Bill Moore <Bill at incendium.com>:

> I've broke 3-4 over the last 12 yrs. The door gets cycled several   
> times daily. After the last time I upgraded the springs, more   
> industrial, however there is a steel rod thru the spring, the spring  
>  is attached to the rod. Sounds like a gun when it snaps but no   
> flying pieces.
> Regards:
> Bill Moore
> Incendium Supply Ltd
> Suite 416, 305-4625 Varsity Dr NW
> Calgary, Alberta
> T3A 0Z9
>
> 403 202 0055
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	"michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> Sender:	detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> Date:	Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:04:23
> To: DeTomaso Forum<detomaso at realbig.com>
> Reply-To: michael at michaelshortt.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night
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> Not in the general Scheme of things, all loved ones and pets are safe and
> sound.
>
> I heard a noise, got up, looked around, didn't see anything and went back
> to bed.
>
> Came home early today because we are having Guests ( Rob and his wife from
> JAX
>
> are going to the HHI Concours with with this weekend.
>
> In the garage wall there is a fresh, nice big gash and lying on the floor
> is a garage door spring.
>
> It snapped in the middle of the night and managed to missed The Pantera,
> Joni's SLK and two motorcycles
>
> on it's journey from the door frame, into the wall (at what must have been
> a fairly rapid pace)
>
> and then to the floor.
>
> IT was a 140 lb. rated spring about 25" long, I have never paid much
> attention to those things, interesting that
>
> they remain unstressed when the door is up ( open ) which is like .01% of
> the time and extended and stressed
>
> when the door is closed (99.9% of the time).
>
> Our house was built in 1992, so these springs are 19 years old, there are
> two per door.
>
> It was easy enough to replace ( they sell them at Lowe's ) , I think I'll
> probably
>
> do the other three soon as well.
>
> Check yours, I've never heard of one snapping before this one, anybody else?
>
> Michael Shortt
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> Michael L. Shortt
> Savannah, Georgia
> www.michaelshortt.com
> michael at michaelshortt.com
> 912-232-9390
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