Fix Garage Door Cable Off Drum

Wipe off the excess.

Fix garage door cable off drum.

Even the slightest mistake could lead to accidents like the garage door coming loose and falling on someone s head. Garage door cables can spin off. Slowly unwind the cable and remove it entirely from the drum. This can be an easy fix.

Here s the same video without music for you wank. 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. Known as a spun cable this is actually quite common. You can now detach the old cable from the pin at bottom of the garage door.

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. If the garage door cable came off don t try to follow diy steps in fixing it. Then reinstall the cable drum with the garage door wire.

Most of the time your able to do i. You can t repair the broken cable. 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. Reinsert the torsion bar into the left side bearing bracket.

The other end has a loop to attach to the door. Even if the problem looks simple you should hire professionals to do the job for you. Then saturate the spring with garage door lube spray. But problems involving the garage door tension spring are more serious.

Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door. For standard 7 foot door you will need a new cable that is 8 feet 6 inches long.