Garage Door Cable Drum Install

This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable.

Garage door cable drum install.

When the garage door is closed the cable is farther from the shaft. As the door opens the garage door cables wrap around the drums and when the door closes they unwind from the drums. Cable drums help the garage door remain balanced and level as cables wrap around the drums. For this reason it s considered as an important garage door component.

The shaft will be free to turn and you can replace the cables and reset and secure your cable drums. Vertical lift cable drums are taller than standard lift drums. Repair or install your garage door with north shore commercial door s selection of high quality overhead garage door cable drums. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l.

Garage door cable drums are found on the ends of the torsion shaft and look like metal wheels or hubs. Standard lift cable drums feature a raised groove to help stabilize the garage door. How to heat a garage. As the door opens the cable wraps up on the drum and comes closer to the shaft see how vertical lift and high lift garage doors work pictured to the right is the 11 vertical lift cable drum vertical lift cable drums come in three outer diameters.

Diy garage door repair and save money. The 6 3 8 diameter cable drum which has a cable capacity of 13 8 and an 8 diameter cable drum which has a cable capacity of 10 is available for either a 1 or 1 1 4 shaft. If your garage door cables break or suffer from. Standard cable drum for garage door sizes ranging from 8 to 34 feet high.

We carry three types of door cable drums including. Install a new center bearing. To reset your spring tension follow the necessary steps for reinstalling the garage door cables and winding the springs. Then reinstall the cable drum with the garage door wire.

If you are more of an audio visual learner we have videos below on how to replace cables for your garage door. Reinsert the torsion bar into the left side bearing bracket. 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.