Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.
How to fix garage door cable drum.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side.
This can be an easy fix.
Be sure not to over tighten the drum.
Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums.
Is your cable off on your garage door.
Keep your hand on the cable at all times and wind it neatly until you can attach the loop at the other end to the pin at the bottom of your garage door.
This could be the issue.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews.
This can be an easy fix.
When it is attached use your vise grip once again to turn the shaft and tighten the cable around the drum one last time.
Garage door crooked and the cable came off.
After replacing the broken cable you should check the drum and cable on the other side of the door to make sure it hasn t come unwrapped while you were working.
Most of the time your able to do i.