Garage Door Cords Loose

You don t want any electrical accidents to happen while you re working on your garage door.

Garage door cords loose.

If your garage door cables are loose it could be as simple as securing the torsion tube and torsion springs and then rewinding the cables. This simple for a garage door technician but is very dangerous if you do not have the proper tools and training. Position a stepladder at the area of the automatic opener. Step 1 the door opener should have a rope attached to the garage door mechanism.

Manually move the garage door and return to down position. At the top left and right corners of the garage door frame are pulleys that hold the cables that open the door. While you re at it disengage the electricity from your garage door opener if you have an automatic one. Unplug the power cord to the opener.

This allows you to manually open and close the garage door. Close the garage door. When you reengage the automatic opener the spring will put tension on the cable and tighten them further. Wind the cable around the pulley if it s loose.

The emergency release cord disconnects the trolley through attachment point from the opener carriage so that the door can slide along the track without the automated carriage. Pull down on the emergency release cord to disconnect the door from the. Loose cables could be a sign of something more serious. A loose garage door cable is not difficult to deal with but you will need a few key tools to tighten it properly.