Garage Door Cable Repair Tips

While you re at it disengage the electricity from your garage door opener if you have an automatic one.

Garage door cable repair tips.

Put it inside the drum and wind it tightly on the cable drum. Turn off your garage door opener and open the garage door fully. Pull the red cord hanging from it until you hear a click to disengage the door from the track. Place c clamps under the door on both sides to ensure that the garage door will stay up.

Continue reading below our video of the day. Make sure you have the garage door closed when you re undertaking the garage door cable repair. At the base of the trolley track on the ceiling of your garage is a small box that operates the automatic garage door opener. Garage doors open and close by moving along the metal tracks on either side.

If your garage door cable is worn out or broken it s important that you replace it as soon as possible. To start your repairs look at the metal tracks to determine is there is anything that could be preventing the door from moving smoothly. To fix your garage door cables you ll want to release the tension of the springs by lifting the door. Also yank the cord and unplug the garage door opener before you start any garage door spring repair.

Don t yank or jerk on the rope or you could damage the opener. 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. Check the ends of your new garage door cable. This will prevent the door from shooting up and breaking your nose when you wind the new springs during an overhead garage door repair.

Pull the red cord to release the door from the track. The first thing to be done is releasing the tension from the cable. One end has a tip that fits perfectly inside the cable drum.