Okay to move top-most panel wheels without adjusting pulley/spring tension?

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  • TeamMossad
    New Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1

    #1

    Okay to move top-most panel wheels without adjusting pulley/spring tension?

    Hello! I am hoping for some insight into this issue, as this will be my first garage door motor installation

    I have a two-car garage in which one of the bays has a motor already, and the other doesn't. I am planning on installing a motor on the other side, and I need to install simple support bracketing across the top of the garage door to do it. In the bay that already has the motor/bracketing installed, the wheels on the top-most panel have been moved down a few inches in order to make room for the support bracketing. I was wondering - if I do the same thing on the other side (ie, move the top-most wheels down a little in order to make way for the support bracketing), would I have to adjust the tension on the pulley/spring system? Photos of both bays are attached for reference.

    Thanks!!
  • gdoorpro
    Handyman
    • Jul 2007
    • 129

    #2
    this will not effect the function of the springs, copy the other door, or go one step farther and do it right by going to a door dealer and tell them you want a strut to reinforce the top section, and some fasteners to connect it to the doors. Ryan

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    • mb123452010
      New Member
      • Aug 2011
      • 21

      #3
      +1 struts are cheap and they save your top section from being damaged

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