Garage door opens a few inches then stops
A broken torsion spring prevents the garage door from lifting properly, causing it to stall after opening just a couple of inches. This leaves the door extremely heavy and difficult to open manually, forcing anyone lifting it to strain from a deep squat position.
Overview
People affected3 accounts across 2 forums
Workarounds found2 items attempted
Community agreement4 total upvotes
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1detaching the opener cord to lift the heavy door manuallyDid this help you?
- 2Tightening the set screw with an Allen wrenchDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/HomeImprovement2 people · September 2026
r/HomeMaintenance1 person · September 2026
“Every time I turn it the handle comes off”source ↗
Cultural_Run_9126 · r/HomeMaintenance · 1 upvotes