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Garage door pulley cable broken.
This could be the issue.
Smaller doors often have just one spring.
This can be an easy fix.
Once you have taken all the steps above you are ready to remove the broken cable.
Start by opening your garage door partway until it is a few feet from the ground.
This can be an easy fix.
Finally clamp the door in place using vice clamps on the track so that it is held in position and will not crash down as you are replacing the cable.
The most common problems with this system are broken springs or cables.
It can also break when the bearings in your pulley are faulty.
Get on a ladder to get close to the top of the door where you can inspect the pulley system.
To understand this you need to know how the garage door cable works.
Garage door crooked and the cable came off.
You d need a ladder wrenches 3 8 7 16 and winding bars vice grips and of course some handyman skills.
While the sizes can vary most will be seven feet tall.
Garage door cables can spin off.
This video will show you a safe and easy way to replace your garage door cables.
Another thing that will cause your garage door cable to break is corrosion.
Is your cable off on your garage door.
Hold it in place with vice grips attached to the track on each side.
Removing the broken cable.
Drums at the ends of the tube act as reels winding up the cables connected to the door.
Here is the reason why garage door cable breaks.
To help lift a heavy garage door the springs apply twisting force to the torsion tube.
First you ll have to measure the garage door height.
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Garage door cable breaks or snaps due to wear and tear.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Take particular care with the side with the broken or frayed cable.
To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours.
An issue with the cables could be as simple as the cables slipping off of the pulley system.
Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.