Garage Door Arm Broke Off

Replacing just the cable is possible but the job isn t for everyone.

Garage door arm broke off.

When a garage door spring breaks it makes a loud noise almost like a firework going off in your garage. Chain drive garage door openers have a sprocket that is attached at the top of the motor. If your garage door ever comes off its track stop operating it immediately. If your garage door is operated by a screw drive its mounting bracket can hold the motor head but most of the time it is the railing for the screw drive.

The bracket that connects the push arm of our garage door opener is getting ripped off from the door see picture below. If you re having problems opening or closing your garage door or if you have loose wires hanging down by your garage door you may have a broken garage door cable. We ended up fixing i. If it is damaged you need to replace it.

Set up the second ladder under the damaged bracket. Adjustable to fit different size sections and some are non adjustable and fit specific size doors. The above is just a symptom. Eventually they will break and you will know it if you are at home.

Garage door cables so small yet so integral to the function of the door. The springs on your garage door are designed to open and close the door a set number of times. Place the step ladder near the bracket so that you can inspect it properly. By using the top steel reinforcement and this new vertical bracket the door will be repaired and no replacement.

If it continues to operate the door can sustain serious damage. The door is probably sticking resisting and binding. It shouldn t be so hard to lift the door that the bracket pulls off. One morning on our way out for the day we tried to open the garage door but the opener pulled out of the door and broke the door mount.