How To Fix Automatic Garage Door Cable

Check the ends of your new garage door cable.

How to fix automatic garage door cable.

To fix your garage door cables you ll want to release the tension of the springs by lifting the door. While the sizes can vary most will be seven feet tall. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum. 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. The other end has a loop to attach to the door. Garage door crooked and the cable came off. Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side.

The mechanism should be installed at the center of the door. First you ll have to measure the garage door height. To determine the location use a tape measure to figure the width of the garage door. You don t want any electrical accidents to happen while you re working on your garage door.

One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum. Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves. To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours. For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long.

Sometimes your garage door will close on top of an object and the cable on that side will pop off. Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews. Garage door cables can spin off. You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door.

While you re at it disengage the electricity from your garage door opener if you have an automatic one. Most of the time your able to do i. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.

On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum. Fixing a broken garage door cable. Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums. Half this distance is the center.