Garage Door Safety Cable Installation

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Garage door safety cable installation.

They are similar to the garage door cables though usually lighter weight. Garage door torsion cables are a critical component of your garage door opening system. This video will show you a safe and easy way to replace your garage door cables. Made of galvanized steel for reliability.

Fortunately with the right parts and our simple guide you can replace your garage door cables in no time. Placing or leaving the door in manual operation and leaving the garage door opener unplugged remove the clamps from the door. A snapped cable could leave you and your car stranded in the garage. Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in.

Garage doors are home components that are always in operation and therefore constantly exposed to wear and tear. It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb. Pull the safety cable tight and install the cable clamp to hold the cable in place. A garage door safety cable may look unnecessary to many people as it costs money.

Safety cables keep a broken garage door spring from sailing around the garage. Obviously repeat this process on the other spring. But if you consider the amount of damage the breaking of the spring may cause to your garage car or to yourself any wise person would make sure to install it as soon as the garage door is installed. They are a safety feature of the garage door running through the torsion springs and does the heavy lifting of the door every time it comes up or goes down.

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. Standing in the center of the garage door.