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Old 10-04-2018, 09:46 AM
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I was taught to wind the springs 7 tunrs on a normal double wide door. You can verify this if they ran some chalk on the spring before winding. Also wipe the springs yearly with oil to keep them lubed. Checking the winding will show you if the spring is slipping. Of course this was years ago.