How To Fix Garage Door Cable

Install new cable onto bottom bracket thread this cable up to the cable drum at the top of the door.

How to fix garage door cable.

This video will show you a safe and easy way to replace your garage door cables. The other end has a loop to attach to the 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. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum.

For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long. Garage door cables can spin off. One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum. Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.

To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours. Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews. You d need a ladder wrenches 3 8 7 16 and winding bars vice grips and of course some handyman skills. Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums.

Fixing a broken garage door cable. On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum. Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum.

This can be an easy fix. Remove the bottom bracket then remove the cable from the bracket. When you re done fix the other end which is a cable loop to the pin at the bottom of the garage door. 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. Check the ends of your new garage door cable.