Garage Door Cable Broke. How Do I Replace It. On Either Side On Top Of The Door The Cable Is Kept On A Spool Connected With A Rod Going Through To The Other Spool?

It’s not difficult to replace a garage door cable, and you can pick them up quite easily at home improvement store.

First of all, open the garage door (and make sure that no one tries to shut it while you are working on it).

Find the loop end of the cable and place it onto the screw that is in the bottom left-hand panel of the door, and place the set pin through the hole in the screw. This will hold the cable in the right place.

Place a ladder underneath the left-hand drum, and insert this drum against the bearing tightly. Get it into place by tightening the set screws. Once this is done, draw the cable up to the drum making sure that it has a straight run and that there are no kinks in it.

Place the cable into the drum and turn the drum towards you, pulling it down at the same time. Once you have made sure that the cable is turning into the grooves on the drum, you can carry on turning the drum until the cable is super tight.

Wedge the drum either between the wall or the ceiling using a vice grip. Once you have done this, you can repeat the process with the right hand drum, but don’t tighten the set screws on this one until after the cable is so tight you can strum it.
If each cable doesn’t have the same amount of tension, simply adjust on the right had drum by turning in the opposite direction until both cables are the same.

Yes it's broken on the right side. Can you provide diagram and/or step-by-step instruction to solve?

How do I replaced garage door cables when one side is broken? This is my first time to fix this type of garage door cables ?

Garage door working fine,just had the chain replaced,but now their is a gap on one side of the door,is this a easy fix for the homeowner?

Spool is fixed to the rod which is wound by spring for tension. Should be a spring on each side wound to the same tension. You can gauge this by painting a straight line across the front and it will rotate around the spring as it tightens. Just match them or the door will not be even and may even bind when opening. The door should lift with minimal effort and not ROCKET OFF slamming into the stops.
These things can be a little dangerous if you are not careful. There are many door repair companies out there. I guess there must be one somewhere near you. Perhaps consult one and they also can get you the proper cable and attachment.

1st thing...Remove tension from the springs check out this article:
How to Change Your Springs after that it is pretty simple. Just straighten out the door in the down position put the cables on the bottom brackets and then on to the drums...trick of the trade: Tighten the left hand side first otherwise the door might not sit level on the floor).  We have pre made cable sets here Pro Door Supply
for around 5 dollars plus shipping

The cable has snapped on my up and over garage door can you repair and at what cost post code de76gl

I had to replace the bottom rt side bottom lift plate.   Do I need to have the garage door open reset everything