The springs help turn metal wheels called pulleys that help lift the door via vertical cables at each side of the door.
Garage door cable jammed.
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Your garage door raises and lowers using a set of tension cables.
Most of the time your able to do i.
How to fix a broken garage door cable.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Weather damage and harsh impacts can also distort your garage door track.
Lodged garage door track.
A garage door cable can also wind up incorrectly causing the door to sag or become jammed.
One of the more difficult problems for do it yourselfers to diagnose is a worn cable pulley on an extension spring door.
This can be an easy fix.
Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track.
Sometimes your garage door will close on top of an object and the cable on that side will pop off.
If you run into problems with your cables your garage door may be stuck in one position or unable to open.
Pulleys can wear out preventing the cables from gliding smoothly potentially fraying the wires and setting it up to snap someday.
When it s operating correctly springs in the cable assembly remove any slack and allow the door to move easily.
A pulley can become jammed by an obstruction or possibly a misaligned or.
Need to change a broken cable on your garage door.
This can be a quick fix by identifying the object and then removing it.
Check to see if anything a shovel broom etc fell and is now stuck in the track that is causing it to be lodged.
If you detect a small bend you may be able to straighten it out yourself but anything more extensive will require professional intervention.
This page should help you troubleshoot your garage door problems.