Garage Door Torsion Spring Safety Cable

The 5 32 3 16 and 1 4 diameter cables can be purchased with either the open loops or the thimbles.

Garage door torsion spring safety cable.

But the garage door cable has another purpose. The best rated garage door springs product is the 0 273 in. The overhead garage door is usually the largest mechanical thing around your house. The overbuilt 8 ft.

Garage door spring repair costs 40 to 150 for a tune up or replacing cables. With 3 32 cable we only offer the open loop for the custom lengths of assembled cable. You should never do any work on a garage door without ensuring safety around the springs they can cause serious harm. We offer assembled and raw cable in both standard and custom lengths for torsion spring and extension spring garage door systems.

Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in. X 13 1 2 ft galvanized carbon steel pack of 2. In the event of spring failure the cable steps in to protect against spring recoil. But we ll show you garage door spring replacement on the more common torsion springs the kind that mount on a bar above the garage door.

All garage door springs can be shipped to you at home. Fixing a broken garage door cable. L torsion springs in orange left and right wound pair for sectional garage door. Depending on where you live doing this garage door spring replacement job yourself might save you 200 or more.

Wire x 2 in. D x 44 in. The major garage safety issue and the most dangerous component of the overhead door is the garage door spring or springs depending on the design which supports the entire weight of the door panels sometimes over 400 pounds and helps you to lift lower the entire door assembly. It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb.

The cable runs through the torsion springs literally doing the heavy lifting each time the door is raised or lowered. To fix a broken garage door cable yourself expect to spend a few hours. Garage door springs alone cost 30 to 100 for a torsion spring and 20 to 50 for an extension spring. Stainless garage door cables for torsion springs garage door lift cables 8 6 by 1 8 4 cables in one pack prime line gd 52262 extension spring cable set 1 8 in.

Stainless garage door cables for torsion springs garage door lift cables 8 6 by 1 8 4 cables in one pack 4 3 out of 5 stars 44 garage door opener safety sensor replacement set 33 feet of wire included genuine original equipment manufacturer oem part liftmaster chamberlain craftsman. With winding bars you can lock the torsion springs. We won t cover how to replace garage door extension spring systems in this story.