Fix Garage Door Cable Off Drum

In this video i will show you how to put it back on.

Fix garage door cable off drum.

You can t repair the broken cable. On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum. When the garage door cable breaks there is only one way to fix it that is to replace it. For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long.

Then saturate the spring with garage door lube spray. If the garage door cable came off don t try to follow diy steps in fixing it. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. But problems involving the garage door tension spring are more serious.

Cables may come off the pulley system because of uneven operation on the two sides of the door opener system. Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door. You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door. Most of the time your able to do i.

Even the slightest mistake could lead to accidents like the garage door coming loose and falling on someone s head. Known as a spun cable this is actually quite common. 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. Wipe off the excess.

Reinsert the torsion bar into the left side bearing bracket. Lots of things can go wrong with a garage door and most are easy to fix. This can be an easy fix. Then reinstall the cable drum with the garage door wire.

Here s the same video without music for you wank. Even if the problem looks simple you should hire professionals to do the job for you.