Garage Door Cable Came Off!!! ― A Quick and Easy Fix…

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Жыл бұрын

How-to quickly and easily fix a garage door cable that has come off the tracks! In this video, I show you how to fix a garage door cable that has come off of it's tracks - quick and easy!!!
Thank you for watching Planet Mojo and have yourself a great day!
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@brandonward369 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for an easy to follow video with proper light and camera angles. My cable came off this afternoon and door fell of the track on one side. With your video as a refresher lesson I made quick work of it. You sir just gave me my memorial day off back to spend it how It should be, honoring the fallen, not fixing garage doors. 🇺🇸

@PlanetMojo 5 күн бұрын

You're quite welcome Brandon! 😊

@Carson714-lg2lr Ай бұрын

Thanks for the help.The cable came off and I was able to fix it within 10 minutes 👍

@PlanetMojo Ай бұрын

You're quite welcome Carson 😊

@ccrx6700 Жыл бұрын

When you mentioned clamping rail and not missing tracks... now you talking my language 🤣 excellent job today my friend. 😊👍❤️

@PlanetMojo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! I'm the same way with woodworking lingo. When I hear a word, my ears perk right up! 😊

@edday2636 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. This helped as my cable jumped off the spool today. Saw a couple of other videos, but yours was the easiest explanation. Fixed it without breaking a sweat.

@PlanetMojo 10 ай бұрын

Glad I could be of help Ed! 😊

@ShedHomePro Жыл бұрын

Never done that, but it's nice to know how!

@Redfish3240 5 ай бұрын

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

@PlanetMojo 5 ай бұрын

You are quite welcome! 😊

@DickYoder999 Жыл бұрын

Great job Mojo!

@michaelgonzales4813 5 ай бұрын

just fixed mine right now. life saver video, thank you

@PlanetMojo 5 ай бұрын

You are quite welcome Michael! 😊

@RobertRalphR Жыл бұрын

Nice fix Mojo!

@gabrielachissottizubiria2496 3 ай бұрын

I like your outdoor buggy!!

@PlanetMojo 3 ай бұрын

Thanks again Gabriela 😊

@adenvet2830 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mojo, well you made that look easy good job we had 10c- yesterday today it's not that much better as we are at 6c- Sunday its shooting back up to 11c yippee. 🥵♨️🔥

@PlanetMojo Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reply Larry! We had a family emergency the past week, and I was taking care of that. Unfortunately the weather forecast here is pretty bad for at least the next ten days. We have three -7℉ (-22℃) days in a row this week, and two of them have 23 mph winds! That comes to -33℉ (- 36℃) with the wind chill! We try not to even go anywhere in that kind of weather as you can get frostbite in just a few minutes on exposed skin. We also have about 6" of snow coming at the same time - just a miserable week as far as weather goes. It's going to be slow going around here probably thru the end of the year! 😑🥶🥶

@adenvet2830 Жыл бұрын

@@PlanetMojo it's fine just stay warm that is the main priority

@abyss338 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, short informative and to the point. I appreciate you.

@PlanetMojo 10 ай бұрын

You are quite welcome Abyss33!

@gabrielachissottizubiria2496 3 ай бұрын

Looks like your on Alaska! Nice!!

@PlanetMojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Gabriela 😊

@TeeMcneeley-os3uq 2 ай бұрын

Thanks your video helped us tremendously 😊😊

@PlanetMojo 2 ай бұрын

You are quite welcome Tee! 😊

@theseniortrekker7268 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! that's exactly what I needed to know.

@PlanetMojo Жыл бұрын

Thank you Senior Trekker! 😊

@kylescallion9790 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mojo

@PlanetMojo 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@rustybrasher7500 9 ай бұрын

Interesting method

@ms.akowski6067 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@PlanetMojo Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 😊

@vizn9118 3 ай бұрын

Great vid and explanation on repairing this issue. How the heck does this even happen in the first place? I have a motor driven opener. All it does is lift and lower. We don't mess with the door in any other way, so I'm curious of causes in order to hopefully avoid this in the future. Thanks!

@PlanetMojo 3 ай бұрын

In my case, if the door tips to one side or the other even a little bit, it causes the cable to be loose for just long enough to pop off. I agree, I have no idea why it would do that being pulled from the center by an opener, but it obviously does 🤔 It may have to do with the length of the door. Ours is 18' wide (12' tall).

@marlonearlgordon6974 Жыл бұрын

Great information watching from jamaica

@PlanetMojo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marlon!

@marlonearlgordon6974 Жыл бұрын

U r welcome

@catherinekuennen7970 10 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!!!!

@PlanetMojo 10 ай бұрын

You are quite welcome!

@gusti77 6 ай бұрын

thank you lots!

@PlanetMojo 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@tjmasters7532 6 ай бұрын

Helpful😀

@PlanetMojo 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Tj Masters! 😊

@DAMCOOLDAV Ай бұрын

Help! I used the pliers to hold the door at the highest point, loosened the set screws, and wound it up and reattached to the door (both sides), but when I finished the 2nd side, it completely unwound itself when I let go even though everything was back to normal. What am I missing?

@frankorosz901 10 ай бұрын

It would have been easier to loosen the set screws on the drum. Then turn the drum to wind the cable on it making sure to stay in grooves. Then retighten the set screws on the drum to snug plus 1/2 turn then add 1/4 turn to each set screw.

@Maxumized 8 ай бұрын

You have to mark the drum location with the rod, have more tools, and spend more time…sounds harder to me.

@PlanetMojo 5 ай бұрын

Yea, that sounds easy.

@jonathanmoflori4915 7 ай бұрын

The springs need to have tension while you are doing that ? !

@martinsalinas7339 10 ай бұрын

Im trying to replace my cable on one side but I can’t seem to access the cable on one side to take it out I nearly ripped off my finger when the tension bar went off

@PlanetMojo 10 ай бұрын

You need to have someone come out and look at it then.

@Maxumized 8 ай бұрын

You need to only work on the cable when door is in the up position without tension on the cable. There should be little to no tension on the cable when door is open.

@Bodybydubs 11 ай бұрын

Mine keep coming off track as soon as I move the door. There is no tension

@PlanetMojo 11 ай бұрын

You likely need the spring tightened.

@Maxumized 8 ай бұрын

Adjust spools on each side to place just enough tension to keep cable lightly taught at the closest point to pulling bracket end. Remember, door should be in up position before working on cables.

@marlonearlgordon6974 Жыл бұрын

Both of my cables comes off, what way is better to set back them with the door open or shut,?

@henstradesign4802 10 ай бұрын

From most videos I've seen, manually open the door. Disengage the red handle from the chain.

@frankorosz901 10 ай бұрын

It's probably too late but you should have gone to videos on setting the springs on spring assembly like adding new or broken spring.

@frankorosz901 10 ай бұрын

Door closed.

@marlonearlgordon6974 10 ай бұрын

Okay great

@Maxumized 8 ай бұрын

@@frankorosz901…you are dangerous

@flyingjeff1956 Жыл бұрын

Only the first track makes the difference. The rest will "spool" upon lowering and raising the door.

@Maxumized 8 ай бұрын

Did you hear yourself? Doing it your way would allow less final length in the cable causing the unequal movement…again.

@peterrodney3519 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but if you fed the cable end BEHIND the torsion bar, you would not have to go through the trouble of pulling/dropping/pulling/dropping the cable onto the drum.

@Maxumized 8 ай бұрын

If and when this happens to you…you’ll find out your method will never work