How To Fix Garage Door Cable

You d need a ladder wrenches 3 8 7 16 and winding bars vice grips and of course some handyman skills.

How to fix garage door cable. If the door falls when you let go add a quarter turn to each spring. To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours. Read further to know more about how to replace garage door cable. Now with the help of someone manually lift the door. What you should do in this step is to put the 2nd winding bar onto the hole.

While the sizes can vary most will be seven feet tall. Finish with a test of the garage door tension spring. Carefully lift the door till it reaches the top. Finally take off the bottom bar furthermore takeoff the spring passover winding bard within each turn. Now take your visor grip and secure the door and keep it open by clipping the tracks on both sides just below the door.

If the door springs are properly adjusted the door should stay in place when you let go. First you ll have to measure the garage door height. Make sure to insert it at a 9 00 position.