Is your cable off on your garage door.
How to fix the wire on my garage door.
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.
Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums.
Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side.
Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.
This could be the issue.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Follow me in this video on how.
When the garage door cable breaks there is only one way to fix it that is to replace it.
Strip the rubber coating off of each wire you will need to strip off about 1 2 inch of the rubber coating on each wire 4 total.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves.
Second once your door is closed and the springs are locked down with winding bars you can remove the bottom bracket from the track.
It s better if a cable ends up a little longer than a little shorter.
Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews.
This can be an easy fix.
This can be an easy fix.
You can t repair the broken cable.
With pliers remove the old cable and replace it with the new.