[DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night

[chris bupp]

My house was built in 1986, and the double & single doors have the coil springs wound around the long shaft above the door, and I can vouch for the gunshot sound when they break.  I have replaced three of em so far.   Lotta energy there.  Tensioning the coil has to be done carefully.  I know a guy who had his coil collar wrench flung across the garage and through two layers of sheetrock and mostly through the paneling in his house........
 
Chris Bupp
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> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:36:16 -0500
> From: gow2 at rc-tech.net
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night
> 
> Glad no one was hurt. Being around large hanger doors for the last 25
> years we hear about hanger bi-fold doors falling from time to time. We
> simply don't hang around under them or real close to them except to get
> airplane in or out.
> 
> 
> 
> > 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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