[DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night

Steve Hawkins shawkins777 at comcast.net
Fri Nov 4 17:04:56 EDT 2011


I had one snap years ago, makes you pay attention when your in the garage.

Steve

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Subject: [DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night


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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