How To Fix Garage Door Cable

Now with the help of someone manually lift the door.

How to fix garage door cable. Make sure to insert it at a 9 00 position. Read further to know more about how to replace garage door cable. Now take your visor grip and secure the door and keep it open by clipping the tracks on both sides just below the door. What you should do in this step is to put the 2nd winding bar onto the hole. Finally take off the bottom bar furthermore takeoff the spring passover winding bard within each turn.

This video will show you a safe and easy way to replace your garage door cables. You d need a ladder wrenches 3 8 7 16 and winding bars vice grips and of course some handyman skills. Carefully lift the door till it reaches the top. While the sizes can vary most will be seven feet tall. To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours.

Finish with a test of the garage door tension spring. Remove the clamps and pliers from the torsion tube and track and lift the door about 3 ft. If the door springs are properly adjusted the door should stay in place when you let go.