Attic Stairs Spring Drums

How to replace the springs on pull down attic stairs.

Attic stairs spring drums.

I need two rollers replaced in my attic loft pull down staircase the big ones on the picture. With bessler s one piece design and counterbalanced assembly opening and closing the bessler is smooth and easy. Do not open the spring drum. The stairway glides into position almost effortlessly.

Bessler stairways attic stair systems. Pull down attic stairs have coil springs at each side of the unit. An attic stair which is actually more of a ladder is a fairly simple apparatus consisting of a folding series of steps attached to a door. The door usually is counterbalanced to the ceiling with folding steel arms and two heavy duty springs.

Call the factory for instructions before returning for repairs. The springs connect to power arms at the upper end of the stairs and keep the door closed and even with the ceiling. These drums have tension spring inside that helps to pull the stairs up and down. The mechanism is quite similar to sectional garage doors but garage door contractors i have called would not even go past oh we only do garage doors.

Pull the cable across the small pulley and down to the cable holder mounted to the door. Pull down attic stairs have coil springs attached to the power arms at each side of the unit that keep the door closed and even with the ceiling. Use the same procedure to connect the cable from the drum on the other side of the stair.