Then saturate the spring with garage door lube spray.
Garage door tension wire snapped.
Open the garage door fully and in order to prevent the door from sliding down place several c clamps on the track just below the door s lowest wheel.
It can also break when the bearings in your pulley are faulty.
To be fair garage door cables go through a lot of punishment.
Probably the most common breakdown of components with standard up and over garage doors is that the suspension cable on either side of the door will snap causing the garage door to either drop down to one side often jamming between the surrounding frame or making the door its self become near impossible to open sometimes however it can be that both cables have broken usually the second breaking due to the added tension transferred from the first cable failing.
Automatic garage doors feature cables on each side to lift and lower the door with ease.
Can i prevent my garage door cables from breaking.
The cable gets worse with years of constant door usage.
Slide a piece of cardboard or paper grocery bag between the spring and the wall.
Pulleys can wear out preventing the cables from gliding smoothly potentially fraying the wires and setting it up to snap someday.
Several things can go wrong if you put off garage door cable repair or if you attempt a diy fix it job.
Garage door cables appear to be broken when a garage door service company gets a phone call in reference to a broken spring the first thing the homeowner usually says is the cables are broken.
Wipe off the excess.
Working along with the torsion spring when they re properly set up the door will glide at a controlled pace being guided by the cables.
These cables are robust but wear and tear can eventually take their toll causing the cables to lose tension fray or snap.
Remove the clamps and pliers from the torsion tube and track and lift the door about 3 ft.
A garage door cable can also wind up incorrectly causing the door to sag or become jammed.
Finish with a test of the garage door tension spring.
Garage door cable breaks or snaps due to wear and tear.
