Garage Door Cable Repair Tips

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

Garage door cable repair tips.

Garage doors open and close by moving along the metal tracks on either side. One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum. To fix your garage door cables you ll want to release the tension of the springs by lifting the door. Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum.

To start your repairs look at the metal tracks to determine is there is anything that could be preventing the door from moving smoothly. Don t yank or jerk on the rope or you could damage the opener. This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair. Make sure you have the garage door closed when you re undertaking the garage door cable repair.

Continue reading below our video of the day. Turn off your garage door opener and open the garage door fully. The first thing to be done is releasing the tension from the cable. Check the ends of your new garage door cable.

In some instances such as when a garage door has a slack cable you can make the repair by just cutting a cable end and shortening the cable to eliminate all the slack. Pull the red cord hanging from it until you hear a click to disengage the door from the track. Pull the red cord to release the door from the track. Place c clamps under the door on both sides to ensure that the garage door will stay up.

At the base of the trolley track on the ceiling of your garage is a small box that operates the automatic garage door opener. While you re at it disengage the electricity from your garage door opener if you have an automatic one. You don t want any electrical accidents to happen while you re working on your garage door.