Fix Garage Door Cable Off Drum

When the garage door cable breaks there is only one way to fix it that is to replace it.

Fix garage door cable off drum.

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. Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.

Wipe off the excess. For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. Garage door cables can spin off.

You can t repair the broken cable. This can be an easy fix. Even if the problem looks simple you should hire professionals to do the job for you. But problems involving the garage door tension spring are more serious.

In this video i will show you how to put it back on. Then reinstall the cable drum with the garage door wire. Here s the same video without music for you wank. Lots of things can go wrong with a garage door and most are easy to fix.

On one end of the cable is a tip which fits neatly inside the drum. Then saturate the spring with garage door lube spray. Reinsert the torsion bar into the left side bearing bracket. The other end has a loop to attach to the door.

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.