Cheers followed your advice on an Apex door 30 mins both sides. Quotes came in from £150 to £282 - parts and a punch £40 (next day delivery). Great advice Have a pint on me. Many thanks

thanks i bought a second hand door and the whole spring was flipped over to the front of the door. nearly cut the cables to release the tension to flip it over, saved me a lot of time and messing about with it thanks again. local garage door suppliers wanted 120 quid to come out and fix it.

This requires a degree in engineering! Great video 👌

Cheers matey, I was getting stressed thinking i need to replace the entire door but thanks to you cone n cable on its way. You're a star pal.

Great help. Thanks. I’m not sure I’d have managed to do the job without your help. That said, you suggest in the vid that if you lose the tension in the spring you’re in real trouble. That’s not the case. I just wound it back on according to your the instructions in your tensioning vid. Thanks for your help

Brilliant, these are the best videos on up and over doors. Thank you David you are a legend.

Legend Dave !!! Bolts out to get the cones out was a life saver !!

My mechanism is exactly the same as yours, so ordered a kit with cables, the bobbins didnt have the plastic nut on the end, but mole grips on metal bar fixed that problem, thanks

This is even better than your tensioning video. You are very knowledgeable and have a great delivery...to the point, confident, no nonsense. Very helpful; Thank you. NoAxe

Thanks for the videos. I just fixed my garage door and it now works perfectly. Had to retention the spring and replace my cones and cables. Your videos are perfect. You are a star.

My father had been trying to fix the left hand side. But he and I did not know that there was a left and right as the ones we bought off ebay were both black. Thank you for the advice in your video.

Thank you for your advice, that really was useful and saved me a pretty bob!

Thanks you saved me shit load money. 2cables snapped lost all tension. Seen your video.. refitted cables full retension now works mint

thank you so much i thought i was gonna have to modify my door to weights until i saw your last tension video then this one ,.. i have a kit on its way ! thank you so much didn’t realise they sold them . i need to get car out for MOT next week atb Daniel

Great information. Just done mine. Wouldn't been able to do it without watching this. Had a job getting the pins out. Ended up drilling them out with a 4mm bit.Thanks.

Just replaced both my cones/cables as one of them had snapped, my door is slightly different to yours but using this guide I replaced them and tensioned the main spring using your other video. Perfect step by step videos, thank you saved me getting someone out to it.

Helpful video ! Cable replaced and tensioned with no fuss 🙂

Mate this helps no end I did garage doors 30 years ago and to say I couldn’t remember how is a understatement so thanks for this video ✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Good one David.

Nice job David

Very useful videos, many thanks

great video thank so much.

Great video , sound local to me in Blackburn . Saved me hundreds of pounds was dead easy to fix . Thanks so much fella

Your videos are very helpful. I've had a garage door the same as yours for about 12 years. To be honest the spools hardly ever break on them. BUT I have had to replace a cable more than once. I just just poke the new cable through the hole in the spool and fit a cable holder on it. I've actually just had to replace a new cable on one side of my garage door. And I hadn't done it for a few years so I checked on your video just to refresh my memory. So thank you. 👍PS. You have a great name. Lol

I fit a variety of different garage doors professionally and greasing the tracks is a big no! Over time dirt and dust builds up in tracks and the grease acts almost as a glue and actually stops the wheels rolling. Just use a generous spray of WD40 and clean rag every 6 months/ year!

Thanks for your help

Cheers saved me a few hundred quid!

Excellent work mate. I was gonna go out and buy roller doors. Now, I think I will just do what you just did. :)

Thank you very much for your amazing help !

Cheers David thanks for your prompt reply you are a gent. great videos also.

Awesome, I'd knew I'd find a handy video on how to do this! I'll have a go soon, but thank you for the clear instructions. 👍 Wish me luck lol

Super NYC door

Your a genius 👌 Helped me out of a vey sticky situation, Thankyou

One tip pluck the cables. If the tension is equalised they should act like a guitar string and both make the same note if twanged!

Good job

Great video, I a have a KING garage door and the right side does not seem to have a place where you insert the pin before taking off the RED cone and removing pins, is this necessary, can I get away with just adding tension to the spring to make the cables loose ?

Thanks for the video David. One of my cables decided to get wound up rather then sit on the cone tidly and door was out of alignment and jamming in frame. Bought the kit, swapped just one cone, greased the runners and bingo!

I wish you could come and do mine mate .My steel cable snapped and puuled the roller bar off the runner .Gee I just managed to close the door.

Hi David... Thanks for your brilliant videos.. Yours were the first I found, they are extremely informative ! Question for you....my up an over cable snapped on the left side... kit has just arrived. Can you tell me if ALL cable kit wires are the same length.. my new one appears to be slightly longer... if so will I need to roll the cone a couple of turns first before fitting or adjust the tension spring to take up any slack ? Thanks again.. Ray

well done david you had me on the edge of my seat when you was holding the spring tension with a screw there should of been a safety pin with the cones and cables

Thank you for the videos. I replaced only the cables. one side cable is under tension and the other side is not. How do I sort that out? Any ideas?

If your predicament is that of a frayed cable loop, and your frame is set between brick pilasters that prevent cone replacement without door removal, here is a quick and easy solution that works well: It requires a short length of 2mm cable and 2 x 2mm oval wire clamps (these still clamp old 1.5mm cable effectively). NB Estimate where to cut off the frayed cable loop very carefully - you probably have 130mm or less to accommodate the new arrangement. Cut a short length of new 2mm cable - 250 to 275mm should be sufficient. Form a new loop held by one of the oval clamps - one end of the cable will need to protrude enough for it to be held by the other oval clamp, along with the cut end of the old cable. Note that manufacturers/vendors of wire clamps warn against their being used for lifting operations and typically quote 50-70% of proof load. NB Be sure to check existing cable for serviceability. NB The use of such an arrangement on both sides of the door cannot be endorsed - do so at your own risk. Thanks for an informative post that has attracted some useful comments, especially preventative maintenance using an aerosol light lubricating oil.

Any tips to get the cone pins out. I'm using a punch tool advised but they're not budging.

Very helpful just pointing out which colour cone goes where. I had two black cones and a snapped cable too. Hell of a job drifting out the old pins but the cones pulled off by hand. However I had no holes to lock off the bar other than the cone holes on my now defunct Birtley and the mole grips shot off and aargh spring tension gone. Fortunately I was able to restore it so I can advise if it happens to anyone else.

Hi. David. Thanks for your vidio very helpfully. Can you help me I am trying to replac broken cable but I can not remove the pin from corn. Is it possible to remove tension then remove the corn?

Great video. Both my cables snapped, would I repair the same way, I tried to tension the door but it came up crooked, help

Very helpful thanks David but in my case it isn't so easy, the hollow pins are corroded in place and will not drift out 🥺

Thanks for the brilliant video I have a snapped cable which I am now going to try and fix myself Are the kits on eBay all a standard fit ? Thanks

You breezed over the first part a bit quick. Am I using mole grips to spin the cone around until I see the pin I have to drift out?

Hi David, one of my cables has snapped, the cones are very close to the brick door pillars, so getting the cones off is very very difficult. can the centre rod be tension locked and moved from side to side to get the cones off. I was thinking lock the tension, remove the cone, intention, remove centre rail split pin and slide either left or right to remove the cones?

Hi! Can i ask, before I change the cones you mention tensioning the cable before hand, am I supposed to be upping the tension or releasing it?? Thankyou

Hello there great video...but how do I know what size I need or are the all the same...Thank you ..hope you can help me out.

Very good video, simple step by step guide, Managed to do it following your video.. Did you change both sides while you was at it or just the one that snapped

I have a hormann up and over, installed couple of years ago, never been adjusted, id like to do this but the winding cone only has 3 holes for poles? Any advice?

I can't get the pin out, any recommendations for a specific tool small enough? I'm trying to hammer screwdrivers but only got to the point where the pin is pushed inside the main body of the spring, can get it to move further

Hi, I have a King Door Products Ltd. Warwick 7'0" x 6'6" garage door and the spring has snapped. House bought 1999 early. What size and best replacement I can buy, please? There are so many and don't want to buy the wrong one. Many Thanks S

I have a snapped cable as yours in video but it’s impossible to get the cone off because of a brick pillar at both ends that the door is fitted between! Does this mean the whole door and tension bar etc will have to be removed for this repair? Thanks

I tensioned off the spring but it slipped and lost all tension, any tips on doing it back up yourself?

Dave, brilliant video, but both the cables are snapped on my garage door!! Any pointers on how to do it ?

Had a go at this for a mate, everything went really well until I tried to get the pins out, would it shift would it buggery, after 3 hour of frustration I gave up. Couldn't even drill it out. 😢

If both of my cables have snapped will the tension in the spring still be there or would of it been lost?

Guru problem with my garage door is after replacing cable's door jam halfway up and cable's warped around corns can you help

Hi David 2 quick questions for you 1,the cable on my garage is the opposite to yours in the video, is the procedure the same? 2,would it be worth changing both cables at the same time. Cheers.

One cable snapped when I shut my garage door, will I still be able to open it please?

Hi David, I want to remove an up and over garage door. Do I let all the tension off the spring or what is the procedure?. Cheers and Thanks

Why do you have to turn the cone half a turn? I don't understand?

Hi their,I get the pin out but the problem I have is I can't get the cone off its too close to the wall any help what to do regards Glen.

I literally have no idea what this man is talking about! I’m so bad at DIY!!!!

Thanks for this video. It has been instrumental. Cannot help saying though, you are a dead ringer for Adolf Hitler.

Please could you come round and fix my door for me? 😆. No matter what I do it keeps cross threading and there does not seem to be a guide to stop the wire from kinking! or loading on the coil correctly!

How u adjust the tension

Cheers, the problem I have is that the cone is virtually touching the wall so there is no room to pull it off, I'm going to have to slacken off the spring and pull it away from the top of the door to allow enough room to pull off and put on the new one....stupid builders! I've got the parts and I'm going to eventually do it but film it as well and upload to my other channel. Thanks for the advice

Cable broken one side but door stuck open - how do I get it shut?

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Try it still doing same

its even more difficult in the dark with a spindle that has no space to see or use any tools while your family is screaming about the garage being open and murderous skunk, hoodie vultures circling waiting to steal everything and stab anything, even each other. but thanks for video if i survive ill donate to charity of choice (not the local tory party though)

all you can see is the back of his head!

All i could see was the back of your head.