Snap a locking pliers onto the torsion tube to lock it into place while you tighten the drums.
How to fix garage door cable drum.
Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves.
Most of the time your able to do i.
Garage door cables can spin off.
When it is attached use your vise grip once again to turn the shaft and tighten the cable around the drum one last time.
Garage door crooked and the cable came off.
Is your cable off on your garage door.
Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews.
Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.
Garage door cables can spin off.
This could be the issue.
Follow me in this video on how.
Keep your hand on the cable at all times and wind it neatly until you can attach the loop at the other end to the pin at the bottom of your garage door.
After replacing the broken cable you should check the drum and cable on the other side of the door to make sure it hasn t come unwrapped while you were working.
This can be an easy fix.
Be sure not to over tighten the drum.