Installing Garage Door Springs And Cables

The garage door tension springs provide lifting force for the heavy door and are under tremendous tension get careless and they can hurt you.

Installing garage door springs and cables.

Pre drill the door for the new carriage bolts. Extension spring cables extension spring garage doors usually come standard with 3 32 inch cables. Safety cables are easy to install less than an hour for a pair and come in a kit form with all. Repeat this process on the other side of the door.

We carry the same cables used by professional garage door repair experts used around the country. If your garage door cables break or suffer from. This video will show you how to replace the extension springs on your garage door. And what s more all orders over 100 ship free.

Get the garage. Get your new extension spring cable. This video will show you how to replace the extension springs on your garage door. They are attached to the garage door track or wall near the stationary pulleys lace through the garage door springs and connect to the same support that the spring does.

You can also get our professional cables as part of our all in one garage door torsion spring repair kit which includes cables springs winding bars and center and end bearings. Garage door springs come in two styles. In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. A small but essential garage door safety mechanism the garage door cable lifts the weight of the door using the tension made available by the springs.

As the door opens the garage door cables wrap around the drums and when the door closes they unwind from the drums. Place your new bottom bracket on the bottom of the garage door. Commercial cable replacement the following pdfs are instructions for replacing commercial garage door cables in different situations a repair person may encounter in the field. Follow along as a pro explains how it s done.

Learn how to repair overhead garage door springs and cables without winding up in the emergency room. Tap the carriage bolt into the garage door with a hammer. For extension spring systems they need safety cables so follow our video on how to replace your garage door extension spring safety cables. Use 3 32 inch torsion spring cables with torque force 400 144 drums to create more separation for your cable and make them virtually silent.

Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Diy garage door parts bonus tip. They are similar to the garage door cables though usually lighter weight.