How To Repair Garage Door Cable

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How to repair garage door cable.

Check the ends of your new garage door cable. One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum. Clamp a locking pliers or a c clamp to the track just above one of the rollers.

Garage door cables can spin off. This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair. This can be an easy fix. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum.

Remove the bottom bracket then remove the cable from the bracket. Known as a spun cable this is actually quite common. Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair. On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum.

The easiest fixes involve replacing cables or springs fixing the tracks or adjusting the tension. When you re done fix the other end which is a cable loop to the pin at the bottom of the garage door. Easy garage door cable repair garage door cable repair processes are typically straightforward. The other end has a loop to attach to the door.

In this video i will show you how to put it back on. For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long. Most of the time your able to do i. Install new cable onto bottom bracket thread this cable up to the cable drum at the top of the door.

You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door.