How To Repair Garage Door Cable

The other end has a loop to attach to the door.

How to repair garage door cable. Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair. You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door. Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door. When you re done fix the other end which is a cable loop to the pin at the bottom of the garage door.

Towards the bottom the of the door take your ratchet and socket of appropriate size and remove the bottom lag screw from the jamb bracket. Garage door cables can spin off. Clamp a locking pliers or a c clamp to the track just above one of the rollers. The challenge comes from the tension held by the springs and the garage door s weight.

On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum. Remove the bottom bracket then remove the cable from the bracket. Easy garage door cable repair garage door cable repair processes are typically straightforward. 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. Check the ends of your new garage door cable. Install new cable onto bottom bracket thread this cable up to the cable drum at the top of the door. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum.

The easiest fixes involve replacing cables or springs fixing the tracks or adjusting the tension. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. Known as a spun cable this is actually quite common. One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum.

This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair.