Garage Door - snap

Sara and the kids were coming home ... the garage door opened a few inches and slammed back down. Spring broke. Luckily they were outside so they didn't hear the BANG. Once the spring broke the part the holds the door along the rail was stripped. 

So in addition to a new garage door, we needed a new garage door opener ... or do we?

Broken part - the guide in the middle was stripped

Garage door guy somehow clamped the spring ... so we could open the door manually.

$15 later we installed the new part and have a temp solution until the new door arrives

Of course the new part was slightly different than the old one. So you could not lock in the guide. As a result I had to take apart both parts and use parts of both to construct a working part.