How To Fix Automatic Garage Door Cable

Here s how to install a garage door opener.

How to fix automatic garage door cable.

Garage door cables can spin off. First you ll have to measure the garage door height. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. On the inside of the door toward the top draw a short vertical line down the center of the door.

Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side. You don t want any electrical accidents to happen while you re working on your garage door. To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours. Most of the time your able to do i.

When you re done fix the other end which is a cable loop to the pin at the bottom of the garage door. This can be an easy fix. Garage door crooked and the cable came off. Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews.

You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door. Sometimes your garage door will close on top of an object and the cable on that side will pop off. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum. While the sizes can vary most will be seven feet tall.

Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door. For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long. One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum. Fixing a broken garage door cable.

Half this distance is the center. Check the ends of your new garage door cable. To fix your garage door cables you ll want to release the tension of the springs by lifting the door. You d need a ladder wrenches 3 8 7 16 and winding bars vice grips and of course some handyman skills.

Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves. The other end has a loop to attach to the door. While you re at it disengage the electricity from your garage door opener if you have an automatic one. Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums.