Stanley Self Closing Gate Hinge Adjustment

A spring mechanism in the barrel allows the hinges to automatically close a door.

Stanley self closing gate hinge adjustment.

Stanley spring hinges are ideal for wood and metal doors medium to heavy weight doors and low to medium frequency usage applications. Remove the locking pin. A spring hinge has a hex screw in the barrel that controls the adjustment. Moreover the process to adjust them is really easy too.

These specially designed hinges make doors hang open or shut automatically. The hex screw is concealed by a locking screw at the end of the barrel. With field adjustable closing power the spring hinge line consists of standard commercial grade door hinges. Stanley spring hinges provide tension adjustments to hold doors at any desired angle.

Spring hinges are self closing hinges. Fortunately learning to adjust self closing gate hinges is easy. Self closing hinges have springs inside of them that force a door closed so you don t have to worry about shutting it yourself. 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.

Then add or release tension until you get the proper close rate photo 2.