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Posted by Rich on May 30, 2006, 7:29 am
Easiest way (for a novice) would be to get some winding bars and remove the
tension completely from the springs, when the tension is off you can unravel
the cables then start at "Step 5" of the instructions at
http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/torsionspringinstallation.html
You might want to consider using "cable keepers" to help keep the cables on
the drums.
You will find them here:
http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/torsion-spring.html
Cables come off the drums due to a magnitude of reasons, most common is the
door could have gotten "snagged" on one side while the electric opener was
closing it or the door was closed on something underneath it causing one of
the cables to go slack momentarily. It doesn't take much to throw a cable
off the drum. It's also possible that one of the drums simply slipped on
the shaft, that's easy to determine by putting a level on the door while it
is in the closed position after the tension is put back onto the springs..
Like I said, there are many reasons as to why this happened, the trick is to
find the culprit inorder to prevent it from happening again.
Rich
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> The cable that attaches to my garage door and then to the pulleys has
> come off and wrapped itself around the bar or whatever it is that the
> pulleys are attached to at the top. Is this something an amateur can
> try to fix? If so, any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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