How To Repair Garage Door Cable

On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum.

How to repair garage door cable.

One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum. You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door. Here s the same video without music for you wank. Check the ends of your new garage door cable.

Easy garage door cable repair garage door cable repair processes are typically straightforward. The challenge comes from the tension held by the springs and the garage door s weight. In this video i will show you how to put it back on. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum.

Remove the bottom bracket then remove the cable from the bracket. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum. 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. Most of the time your able to do i.

Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door. Install new cable onto bottom bracket thread this cable up to the cable drum at the top of the door. Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair. This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair.

The easiest fixes involve replacing cables or springs fixing the tracks or adjusting the tension. The other end has a loop to attach to the door. Garage door cables can spin off. When you re done fix the other end which is a cable loop to the pin at the bottom of the garage door.

Clamp a locking pliers or a c clamp to the track just above one of the rollers.