Garage Door Cords Loose

Manually move the garage door and return to down position.

Garage door cords loose.

You don t want any electrical accidents to happen while you re working on your garage door. At the top left and right corners of the garage door frame are pulleys that hold the cables that open the door. This simple for a garage door technician but is very dangerous if you do not have the proper tools and training. Use your hands to wrap the cable back around the pulley so it s taut.

To fix your garage door cables you ll want to release the tension of the springs by lifting the door. Close the garage door. The emergency release cord disconnects the trolley through attachment point from the opener carriage so that the door can slide along the track without the automated carriage. While you re at it disengage the electricity from your garage door opener if you have an automatic one.

If your garage door cables are loose it could be as simple as securing the torsion tube and torsion springs and then rewinding the cables. Wind the cable around the pulley if it s loose. A loose garage door cable is not difficult to deal with but you will need a few key tools to tighten it properly. Position a stepladder at the area of the automatic opener.

Loose cables could be a sign of something more serious. When you reengage the automatic opener the spring will put tension on the cable and tighten them further. This allows you to manually open and close the garage door. Unplug the power cord to the opener.