Fix Garage Door Cable Off Drum

Even if the problem looks simple you should hire professionals to do the job for you.

Fix garage door cable off drum.

Homeowners may be alerted to this problem by excessive noise and rattling from the cable pulley system when opening according to the frank s garage door repair website. Cables may come off the pulley system because of uneven operation on the two sides of the door opener system. This can be an easy fix. But problems involving the garage door tension spring are more serious.

Here s the same video without music for you wank. Garage door cables can spin off. You can t repair the broken cable. In this video i will show you how to put it back on.

If the garage door cable came off don t try to follow diy steps in fixing it. Even the slightest mistake could lead to accidents like the garage door coming loose and falling on someone s head. If you consider yourself handy with tools and have experience in working on diy projects then replacing your broken garage door cable will be a simple task. Wipe off the excess.

Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door. When the garage door cable breaks there is only one way to fix it that is to replace it. On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum. 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. You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door. Reinsert the torsion bar into the left side bearing bracket. Known as a spun cable this is actually quite common.

Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. Then reinstall the cable drum with the garage door wire.