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Worth it?

Aug 13, 2015, 10:29 AM

Dad came over to help me clean out the gutters on the front of the house (not really help, just look like he was holding the ladder to make me feel a little safer on that wobbly POS, and maybe break my 18' fall a little). I go to open the garage from the keypad, and it opens about 2". Shit. One of the springs broke. That's not a cheap fix, as I recall the previous owners having to fix one when it broke a few years ago, costing in the hundreds, if'n I'm remembering correctly. So I'm looking at the door/spring with dad, and we're like, "hey, maybe we CAN fix this."

There's a bunch of sharp edges on garage doors, rails, and broken springs, as it turns out. I took off a chunk of my thumb about the size of a dime on the first attempt. It was enough that if I could have found said chunk, I'd have considered my options for putting it back on (ER, or scotch tape, or something). Stupid thing is, I had my work gloves sitting right effing next to me, that would have saved my thumb. Since it was bleeding profusely, I didn't want to get blood inside the glove, so I left it off, and sliced the pad side of the same thumb on the next attempt (still no clue which particular razor blade included in the garage door assembly was responsible). After three more attempts with no significant injuries and having to unattach and reattempt all three because we screwed the pulleys and cables up...it works.

Now...probably saved $200 and a week of non-working garage door. Worth it, or not?

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EXCEPT garage door springs.

The torsion spring of my two car garage door broke a few years ago, so I bought one on line for like $20, and thought "this shouldn't be too hard to put on."

I got it semi installed and went to preload it (so it would actually do something to assist with pulling the door up) and I think I read somewhere it needs to be turned 5 times then tightened down.

The deal was I had 2 steel round stock bars that I would turn with one, then lock it with the other. On about the 3rd turn, after it had a fair amount of tension in it, the bar that I was using to turn the spring slipped out of it's socket, and banged me square in my forehead, knocking me off the third step of a 6' ladder onto the floor.

I was dazed a bit from the hit and the fall, but later got to thinking about it. Had I been about an inch or 2 further away from that bar, it would have taken my eye out. I lived with a big bump on my head and a bruise on my #### for about a week, but always remember that I almost lost my eye. No more garage door springs for me.

I called a garage door guy the next day. He came out with two steel bars a little larger in diameter than I had and did teh same operation I was doing, except it took him about 10 minutes and he didn't almost maim himself. $50 later my garage door worked again.

Worth it?

Gives your hands character. Totally worth it.***

growce

If you just go ahead and cut the rest of your thumb off

Bleeding makes you feel alive - bleeding out, less so***

Left, non-jerking hand? Should be OK.

what;s it called when you can use both ?

Urban Dictionary: Ambi-dick-trous***

a horse.***

Looks like Crass's Crank***

Garage door springs are one thing I don't F with

I don't even have a garage.

Speedial #7 from any AT&T phone.***

You know, I think you were correct when you

Yep. Seems that way.***

Re: You know, I think you were correct when you

+1 to the list.***

After you kill/runoff Beefie, will you marry me?***

I'll work on just about anything in my house

busted hand club....whalecum!!!!!!!!***

Nothing a little Superglue won't fix.***

Flesh wound

lutz at you, for asking about a minor wound like that.

Why/How were you planning on catching a hatchet with

theres not exactly a plan when 5 yr olds are playing

So you have a hatchet wound?***

Get out***

this

When I was about 8, a 16 year old cousin with a good arm

My last garage door spring cost $100 to replace.

Do your parents have garages as well or are you the first in

Your Mom has a garage.***

Nah, that is her ###.***

I thought her ### posted right above me?***

Das her #######, tis a tad different.***

Could have been a lot worse.

Without the spilling of blood there is no remission of sin..

Those hands look mighty soft***

They feel even softer.***

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