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