Adjust Spring Tension Door Closer

The tension feel when opening the door is known as back check.

Adjust spring tension door closer.

Spring adjustment is located on the end of the spring tube 5 32 allen wrench. Different door closer manufacturers tend to produce dissimilar products but all door closers have some sort of pressure adjustment. Start by removing the locking pin photo 1. It s common to try to solve door closing problems by simply adjusting the spring tension but tightening this tension can make the door hard to open and loosening it can make the door.

Once the door was opened the spring forcefully closed the door when it was released. When the back check is out of adjustment it makes the door seem heavy and difficult to open. The back check prevents the door from hitting the adjacent wall when you swing it open. A door closer has more adjustment possibilities than you might expect and getting a door to close just right may take several trips up and down a ladder.

Most door closers have 2 3 different holes that you can use to attach the cylinder closer to or further away from the bracket to adjust the closing pressure. Clockwise gives the closer more closing power which also makes the door harder to open and turning the screw counter clockwise will give the door less closing strength and makes the door easier to open. Older screen door closer mechanisms consisted of a simple spring. If the self closing door to your garage isn t closing hard enough to latch properly or the door slams shut you can adjust the spring hinge tension with a hex wrench and pliers.

Remove the locking pin. Move the long connecting pin into the forward hole for winter or rear hole for springtime of the closer each time you change the storms or screens. Open the door 1 inch 2 5 cm if the closer is under too much tension to slide the pin out. Some models have separate adjustments for sweep s which.

How to adjust a screen door closer mechanism. The closer shuts the door automatically when you let go of the door.