Torsion Springs

Measure the length of the unwound spring.
Do not measure the end caps of the springs. If your garage door has
left and right wound springs, measure both, as they may differ.

Next, Measure the Inside Diameter (ID) of the spring. 

Next, Determine the Wire Size.
Measure the length of 10 coils of the spring.
Example: 10 coils measures 2 1/4" = .225 wire size. (See chart below for examples)

If you currently have 2 springs on your garage door, you should replace both springs at the same time.

About City:

As a community, Benbrook is one of the oldest in Tarrant County. But as an incorporated City, it is one of
the youngest. Anglos originally settled the Benbrook area as part of the Peters' Colony, led by William S.
Peters, who based his operations out of Louisville, Kentucky. Formed by a series of contracts beginning on
August 30th, 1841 with the young Republic of Texas, the colony would eventually encompass some 26
Texas counties.3 In 1842, the Republic granted Peters a contract to attract 250 families per year to the
Benbrook (then called Miranda or Marinda) area specifically by offering 320 acres free to family men and
160 acres to single immigrants, plus a free cabin, seed, and musket balls. 4 Peters and his partners, mostly
Englishmen, sought to bring not only Americans but English and French settlers as well. 5
S. Edward and Nancy Willburn of Missouri reportedly came to the area in 1843 as Family 107 of the Peters'
Colony, then settling along Mary's Creek near Benbrook in 1854.6 A "Mary's Creek Post Office" was
established sometime during the 1850s or 1860s, with Benjamin Richerson serving as Postmaster,7 though
other accounts cite 1880 as the Post Office’s first establishment.8 Lemuel Edwards settled along the Clear
Fork near present-day Hulen Street in 1848, with land holdings that eventually covered 4,020 acres by
1955.9 Settlements in the area were sparse until the 1940s and 50s.
From Early Settlements to a Cohesive Community
A 20-foot by 20-foot single-room school building and Methodist Church was built in 1857 near the Clear Fork
Trinity River by Edward Willburn. The structure was made of concrete and had a dirt floor, but apparently
collapsed (after years of disuse) due to the poor quality of the concrete in 186510. Classes were held during
the winter months and had apparently ceased during the Civil War.11 A new school and church known as
"Old Rawhide" was built of lumber in 1872 by the Chapman, Edwards, Ward, Majors, and Willburn families.
Newspaper accounts indicate that the school had 27 students in 1877 and 48 students in 1879.12 This
building reportedly burned down in 1879. The school was re-established in 1880 near the intersection of the
present Mercedes Street and Winscott Road. It was called the Miranda (or Marinda) School (or "Marinda
Academy"13), named after one of the Willburn children, Mrs. Marinda Snyder, who donated five acres of land
to the "Marinda Seminary School Community" for the school.14 The site reportedly included a cemetery15
which probably was the beginning of the present Benbrook Cemetery later established in 1885.16 The
building continued to double as the Methodist Church. The community was known by the name of the
school during its early years. A post office was established at Benbrook in 1880.17
In 1884, the Marinda school (and Church) was relocated again to the intersection of Winscott Road and Old
Benbrook Road (where the present day Weatherford International building is located.), again on land
donated by Mrs. Marinda Snyder.18 The school was renamed Benbrook School in 1885.19 The community
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