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Clopay Torsion Spring Replacement: The Lakeway Owner’s Guide

Clopay torsion spring replacement in Lakeway typically runs $180-$340 installed, and we stock the common sizes for most Clopay residential doors on our trucks. We can usually get to you same day if the spring has already snapped, because a door with a broken torsion spring is dead weight - you are not getting your car out without help. Most Lakeway owners figure it out around 6:30 on a weekday morning when the door goes halfway up and stops, or they hear the loud bang from the garage the night before.

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Which Clopay Models This Applies To

Clopay builds several residential lines, and the torsion spring you need depends on the door series, size, and construction. The Classic, Classic Premium, and Coachman collections use standard torsion systems with springs sized by wire gauge, inside diameter, and overall length. The Avante and Modern Steel lines, popular in newer Lakeway builds around Rough Hollow, often use heavier springs to balance the full-view glass sections.

To identify your spring, look for the painted winding cone - Clopay often uses color-coded springs from factories - or the specification sticker on the end of the spring coil. If the sticker is gone, we measure wire size with calipers and count coils to calculate the correct replacement. We are an independent service provider, not affiliated with Clopay, but we source OEM-equivalent springs rated for the same 10,000-cycle minimum. For most Lakeway homes, a quality aftermarket spring matched to spec performs identically to factory parts and costs less. The exception is warranty work on newer doors, where Clopay may require genuine parts to maintain coverage.

Signs Your Clopay Torsion Spring Replacement Is Failing

• The door feels heavy or won’t stay open. A torsion spring stores energy to offset the door’s weight. When it loses tension, the opener strains and the door drifts down. In Lakeway’s humidity, we see this more often on south-facing garages where heat cycling accelerates metal fatigue.
• You hear a loud bang from the garage. That is the sound of a spring snapping, often when the door is already closed. The release of stored energy can be violent. If you hear it, do not try to lift the door.
• The door opens crooked or binds in the tracks. Clopay doors with a single torsion spring will tilt when that spring fails. Dual-spring systems may show less obvious symptoms until the second spring overloads and follows.
• Visible gap in the spring coil. A healthy torsion spring has tight, uniform coils. A gap of even an inch means the spring has broken internally and is no longer doing its job.
• The opener motor runs but the door barely moves. The opener is not designed to lift a full door without spring assistance. Continuing to run it strains the motor and strips nylon gears in LiftMaster and Chamberlain units.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Our price includes the matched spring, winding and unwinding labor, safety cable inspection, and a full cycle test before we leave. We state the flat price before touching anything. No surprises on the bill. The work carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing - if it is not right, we come back at no charge.

DIY or Call Us?

There are a few things you can safely check yourself. Look at the spring for a visible gap. Pull the emergency release cord and try lifting the door manually - if it feels like 150 pounds of dead wood, the spring is gone. Check if the cables are still on the drums.

What you should not do is attempt to wind or unwind a torsion spring. These springs hold lethal tension. The winding bars can slip, the cone can fracture, and the force released can cause serious injury or worse. We have been called to Lakeway homes where a well-meaning homeowner made the situation more dangerous and more expensive. Tell me what it’s doing. I’ll tell you what it costs. Then we fix it. Call (737) 325-0906 and we will walk through what you are seeing.

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