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garage door stuck vikwani 01-16-2008
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Posted by vikwani on January 16, 2008, 6:20 pm


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Hi. right now my garage door is stuck in the down postion and i cannot get
it to go into manual mode so i can get my car out. The cable on the left
side cable drum has snapped but the right side is still cable and cable
drum is still intact. I have tired to pull the string to switch it to
manual mode but that does not work. after looking at the garage i noticed
that the one pulley which still has the cable connected to the bottom of
the garage is super tight and that is stopping me from being able to lift
the door up. Any help with this would be amazing as i can not get my car
out.

thanks in advance


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Posted by Mamba on January 16, 2008, 6:30 pm
>
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Hi. right now my garage door is stuck in the down postion and i cannot get
> it to go into manual mode so i can get my car out. The cable on the left
> side cable drum has snapped but the right side is still cable and cable
> drum is still intact. I have tired to pull the string to switch it to
> manual mode but that does not work. after looking at the garage i noticed
> that the one pulley which still has the cable connected to the bottom of
> the garage is super tight and that is stopping me from being able to lift
> the door up. Any help with this would be amazing as i can not get my car
> out.
>
> thanks in advance

Not sure what you mean by "pull the string", I expect you are refering to a
pull pin that disconnects the arm from the door to the opener chain.
It may be that the pressure of the door (one side unsupported) has it wedged
too tightly to release. You may have to try to reduce the weight on the arm
in order to disengage the opener (i.e. pull the string or disconnect the arm
from the door).

And be careful - I had forgotten just how heavy old doors can be when I had
to disconnect my double door from its opener a few years ago! Wowsers.



Posted by vikwani on January 16, 2008, 6:54 pm
vikwani had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-garage-door-stuck-281950-.htm
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Thanks for the reply mamba. right now i have disengaged the arm which goes
from the opener to the actual door. and still cannot lift the door. i
think the door has shifted a bit to the side when the cable broke. other
than pure strength do you recommend anything else for lifting the door. Is
the cable that is still connected to the one pulley on the right hand side
have anything to do with not beening able to lift the door up.

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Mamba wrote:

> in message
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> Hi. right now my garage door is stuck in the down postion and i
>> cannot get
>> it to go into manual mode so i can get my car out. The cable on
>> the left
>> side cable drum has snapped but the right side is still cable and
>> cable
>> drum is still intact. I have tired to pull the string to switch it
>> to
>> manual mode but that does not work. after looking at the garage i
>> noticed
>> that the one pulley which still has the cable connected to the
>> bottom of
>> the garage is super tight and that is stopping me from being able
>> to lift
>> the door up. Any help with this would be amazing as i can not get
>> my car
>> out.
>>
>> thanks in advance

> Not sure what you mean by "pull the string", I expect you are
> refering to a
> pull pin that disconnects the arm from the door to the opener chain.
> It may be that the pressure of the door (one side unsupported) has it
> wedged
> too tightly to release. You may have to try to reduce the weight on
> the arm
> in order to disengage the opener (i.e. pull the string or disconnect
> the arm
> from the door).

> And be careful - I had forgotten just how heavy old doors can be when I
> had
> to disconnect my double door from its opener a few years ago! Wowsers.








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Posted by HeyBub on January 16, 2008, 7:24 pm
vikwani wrote:
> vikwani had written this in response to
> http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-garage-door-stuck-281950-.htm
>>
> Thanks for the reply mamba. right now i have disengaged the arm which
> goes from the opener to the actual door. and still cannot lift the
> door. i think the door has shifted a bit to the side when the cable
> broke. other than pure strength do you recommend anything else for
> lifting the door. Is the cable that is still connected to the one
> pulley on the right hand side have anything to do with not beening
> able to lift the door up.

Attached cable? No. It actually helps. However it may be pulling up one side
and jamming the other because the door is crooked.

Put a lever under the detached side and see if you can get the door to
budge.



Posted by Twayne on January 16, 2008, 9:00 pm
> vikwani wrote:
>> vikwani had written this in response to
>> http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-garage-door-stuck-281950-.htm
>>>
>> Thanks for the reply mamba. right now i have disengaged the arm which
>> goes from the opener to the actual door. and still cannot lift the
>> door. i think the door has shifted a bit to the side when the cable
>> broke. other than pure strength do you recommend anything else for
>> lifting the door. Is the cable that is still connected to the one
>> pulley on the right hand side have anything to do with not beening
>> able to lift the door up.
>
> Attached cable? No. It actually helps. However it may be pulling up
> one side and jamming the other because the door is crooked.

The attached cable is exactly what is cocking the door in the
channels. If it's a wooden door it's also going to be extremely heavy
to lift manually. This is NOT a one man, especially inexperienced, job.
Get a repairman in before you hurt yourself or do irrepairable damage to
the tracks/door. "Prying" is a great way to start that damage.
>
> Put a lever under the detached side and see if you can get the door to
> budge.




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