Garage Door Cable Length Chart

This means there are seven strands in a bundle.

Garage door cable length chart.

You will need some information before beginning. Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in. Raw cable of 3 32 1 8 5 32 3 16 and 1 4 diameters is also available. There are open loop and thimble along with 5 16 3 8 and 1 2 spools.

When measuring an old cable measure the full length including loops spools thimbles and stops. Designed for garage doors. For standard lift residential garage doors the cable length should be the door height plus 18 inches. Garage door cable comes in multiple different spools and sizes.

If you are interested in assembling your own cables we also sell stop sleeves oval sleeves thimbles and spools. Used for typical applications. Most common garage door track. Use the grid below to determine your correct replacement cable length for your garage door cables for doors using torsion springs only.

1 your cable drum manufacture and part 2 the distance from your floor to the centerline of your garage door spring torsion shaft. 12 radius 12 required 15 radius 14 25 required. Standard torsion spring garage door cables are 7 7 strand 1 8 inch thickness. These cables have a strong weight capacity of 1 650 pounds.

The overbuilt 8 ft.