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Its widely known as one of the most dangerous DIYs you can do. I think typically people working on them will get pushed off their ladder suddenly from the tensi
by TheGRS 3y ago
Its widely known as one of the most dangerous DIYs you can do. I think typically people working on them will get pushed off their ladder suddenly from the tension in the spring releasing.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoI worry more about a steel bar being thrown out with ample centrifugal force or coming around and taking a whack at your jaw.
- derekp7 3y agoHappened in my family a number of years ago. The instructions said to crank the spring 7 1/4 turns. So it was really make a 1/4 turn, repeat 7 times. Not 7 full turns plus 1/4 additional. After pulling the vice grips off, the door shot up with such force that it knocked the ladder over, causing a broken collar bone in the process.
- jollyllama 3y agoI tried and failed to repair before, but didn't get injured. I had to take great care with the vice grips and other implements I was using; my intuition was they could become missiles.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoHoly crap what a terrible instruction!