Garage Door Safety Cable Installation

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Garage door safety cable installation.

Made of galvanized steel for reliability. We will show what to look for and how to install them. But if you consider the amount of damage the breaking of the spring may cause to your garage car or to yourself any wise person would make sure to install it as soon as the garage door is installed. Safety cables keep a broken garage door spring from sailing around the garage.

They are attached to the garage door track or wall near the stationary pulleys lace through the garage door springs and connect to the same support that the spring does. Garage doors are home components that are always in operation and therefore constantly exposed to wear and tear. Then loop the cable through the eye bolt. The overbuilt 8 ft.

Designed for garage doors. Pull the safety cable tight and install the cable clamp to hold the cable in place. Placing or leaving the door in manual operation and leaving the garage door opener unplugged remove the clamps from the door. This video will show you a safe and easy way to replace your garage door cables.

A garage door safety cable may look unnecessary to many people as it costs money. It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb. A garage door safety cable is vital to the safety of you and your family. They are a safety feature of the garage door running through the torsion springs and does the heavy lifting of the door every time it comes up or goes down.

How to install a garage door safety cable. Standing in the center of the garage door. They are similar to the garage door cables though usually lighter weight.