Garage Door Torsion Spring 90kg (Left or Right)
90kg torsion spring with an orange stripe for heavy double or caravan-height sectional doors. Sold singly, left-wound or right-wound: match the weight and wind of your old spring. Fitting by an experienced garage door installer.
- 90kgSpring rating
- Orange stripeSupplier weight code
- Left or rightWound direction
- Sold singlyOne spring
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Alectra Hatfield 648 Jan Shoba Street, HatfieldMon to Fri 07:30 to 17:00, Sat 08:00 to 17:00Get directions
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Alectra Wonderboom Braam Pretorius Street, WonderboomMon to Sun 08:00 to 16:45Get directions
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This is the 90kg torsion spring with the orange stripe, the second heaviest of our garage door springs. Go one step down for the 80kg (yellow) or up for the 100kg (green), or compare every weight on one page. Each order line is one spring for a sectional garage door, left-wound or right-wound. At this weight you are usually looking at a heavy double or caravan-height door.
Heavier garage door springs: 90kg or 100kg?
In South Africa, 90kg and 100kg springs are used on heavy double doors and caravan-height doors. The 90kg is the lighter of the two. If your door is lighter than that, the 80kg is a step down. These are not springs for industrial doors, which use springs of 150kg and more. Match your old spring's kg and wind, or let your installer confirm the weight.
The orange stripe
Orange is our supplier's code for the 90kg spring. Other suppliers use their own colours, so order by the kg rating. Along the coils, the stripe also gives the installer a line for counting turns while winding.
Left-wound or right-wound?
Torsion springs come wound in one of two directions, and the two are not interchangeable. Choose Left or Right in the variant picker to match the spring you are replacing. If you cannot tell which way your old spring is wound, ask your garage door installer to check before you order.
Fitting and the parts around it
This is not a DIY job. The spring, cables, drums and brackets are all under high tension, and spring and cable work should be done by an experienced garage door installer. Alectra Solutions supplies the parts only. The spring anchors to the centre bearing plate, and the shaft it turns carries the cable drums that wind the lifting cables.
Key features
- 90kg rating. For heavy double or caravan-height sectional doors, one step below the 100kg.
- Orange stripe. Orange is our supplier's code for 90kg, painted along the coils.
- Left-wound or right-wound. Pick the wind that matches the spring you are replacing.
- Sold singly. One spring per order line.
- For sectional garage doors. Not for roll-up doors.
Specifications
| Type | Torsion spring for sectional garage doors |
|---|---|
| Weight rating | 90kg |
| Stripe colour | Orange (supplier code) |
| Wind | Left-wound or right-wound (choose in the variant picker) |
| Typical door | Heavy double or caravan-height sectional doors |
| Not for | Roll-up garage doors |
| Sold as | One spring |
| Fitting | By an experienced garage door installer |
Not in the box
- Lifting cables
- Cable drums (left and right)
- Centre bearing plate
- End bearing plates
Questions people ask
Yes. Each order line is one 90kg spring, left-wound or right-wound. If your door has two springs, order two, each with the same wind as the spring it replaces.
Order the same wind as the spring you are replacing. Left-wound and right-wound springs turn in opposite directions and cannot be swapped. If you cannot tell, ask your garage door installer to check before you order.
In South Africa, 90kg and 100kg springs are used on heavy double doors and caravan-height doors. Match the kg and wind of the old spring to be sure.
No. Our torsion springs are for sectional garage doors only.
No. Industrial doors use springs of 150kg and up.
We do not recommend it. Torsion springs are under high tension, and spring and cable work should be done by an experienced garage door installer. Alectra Solutions supplies the parts only.
Need it fitted? Alectra Solutions supplies product only. Ask the branch and we will point you to installers in Pretoria.