Steps to repair or replace garage door cable

Before you start your garage door cable repair task, make sure you have all the necessary materials and tools to tackle the project. Also, note that your garage door size will establish the size of cable, for instance, a 7 feet door will require an 8'6" cable. You should have tools of different sizes for this type of a project.

Other materials you require include replacement cables, locking or grip pliers, wrenches, winding bars, ratchet stepping ladder, sockets, safety glasses, and gloves. Avoid jewelry or loose fitting clothes, but wear proper footwear such as boots, safety glasses, gloves at all times.
Be cautious of small frays and pointed edges on cables to evade injuries.

To start unplug and then you have to disconnect the garage door opener through pulling on the emergency release handle this ought to be a red cord with grip that is positioned near the top rail or opener according to your opener. Through this, you will be able to open or shut the garage door manually.

• Open the door and with a vice grip just beneath the bottom roller on each side to hold the door open as you adjust the cables.
• Move to the centre of your garage door and open the sets bolts on the springs to Y. turns. Do not forget to completely put winding bars and use the two bars at the same to avert injury. Avoid getting in the path of the bars.
• Keep on to loosen the spring until every of the tension has been detached, if you garage door has two springs, repeat the same with the other spring.
• After completely removing all of the tension from springs, use a wrench and start to unwind set bolts on cable drum at the top left of your door, then detach the cable from the cable drum. Towards the base of the garage door, catch your ratchet and opening of proper size and take out the bottom lag bolt from the jamb bracket, take out the underneath bracket, then take away the cable from the bracket.
• Install your new cable onto beneath bracket; tie this cord up to the cord drum at the crest of the door. Do not forget to do this on either side of the door.
• Put cable into the slit of the cable drum, ensure that the cord is not overlapping but properly set. Tie cable onto the cable drum and glide the cable drum over to the bearing plate and twist the drum counterclockwise way until the cord is tight, then tighten the set bolts. However, do not over tighten.
• Whilst clutching the cable, with a vice grip pliers placed on the metal rod that moves across the whole door aligned with the wall to keep it in position and move onto the right edge of the door and repeat the same steps. After you are through with these steps, you can now increase the pressure on the springs with winding bars at % twists each time not to tighten the springs too much.
• Remove the locking pliers from metal rod, re-connect garage door by pulling down emergency release and lifting door until it goes into place and plug opener gets in

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