hello I'm Derrick and welcome to
hindsight 101 where you'll learn
about things that will help you in
everyday life now I'm going to show you
how to replace an extension cable if you
have extension Springs on your garage
door
as you can see here this garage has
extension Springs not torsion springs
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these are the items you're gonna need
you're gonna need an extension cable I
usually go into the larger size the
12-foot or if they have 8-foot as well I
have to end up cutting it anyways a nut
setter
you're going to need a clamp
also you're going to need bolt-cutters
metal cutters whatever you can to cut
the wire cable
as you can see here you can see the
broken cable that's going to have to be
replaced that spring has no tension on
it
it's supposed to look like this this
working spring see there is tension on
this spring because the cable is working
properly
to be on the safe side you want to
c-clamp and you want to clamp the door
to make sure it doesn't slide down once
you push the door up it'll stay in place
but any slight bump will have it it will
have it come crashing down especially
you have a wooden door they're very
heavy do you want to put these clamps on
both sides of the door
now we're going to remove the old cable
very easy
as you can see the other end of this was
wrapped around a metal piece with the s
hook attaching it to the frame
take that off the easiest way is just to
cut it I didn't have the proper tools so
I made do with what I had but this got
the job done and I was able to cut it
you
so you see there's a metal piece and an
S hook we're gonna get rid of the metal
piece you don't really need it but you
will need that s hook
so now we're going to install the new
cable I made a little mistake here I
took the new cable and put it up and
over the wheel I was supposed to do it
the opposite way and put it down and
under the wheel
for my garage door it worked better the
other way so I did
I did fix it off-camera I just didn't
record it sorry about that
you
and you attach that loop for the s hook
and then you attach it to the frame I'll
show you in a minute how to do that
just like that put it through the loop
and attach it to the frame I think I did
the third hole
whichever one whatever hole you choose
just make sure it matches the other side
so you have the same amount of tension
on each side of the door
now you want to wrap the cable
around the wheel you want to do it
slowly with a little tension or it will
slide off the wheel like I'm about to do
rookie error all you gonna do is just
put it back on like I said just give it
a little tension
okay if the wheel twists a little it'll
straighten itself out later
now once you have it around that wheel
there's another wheel that's bolted to
the wall that you're gonna have to put
it around as well I'll show you in a
second
now you're going to wrap it around this
wheel nothing too hard after this now
you
to the base of the door is a little
metal rod that you're going to wrap it
around
you
they'll see this rusted bolt is a little
piece right there to the left that
you're going to wrap it around I'll give
you another view in a second
my shoddy camerawork I didn't have my
stabilized camera with me
blue arrows pointing there's a little
notch that you can wrap around the cable
make a little loop oh that I think I
have a better view
now you can't really see it but I'll
give you another
you the other side how it's actually
supposed to look
so this is the other side of the door
you see right there where the blue arrow
the cables wrapped around that little
knot sticking out
I want to do
inside
and again this is the other side that's
working you see that it's wrapped around
that little metal rod
basically a pulley system I made my
little loop with my cable and I wrapped
it around so since this cable was too
long I had to cut it and you're gonna
make a new loop that's why you need the
wire clamp to clamp down the loop
that's where the net setter comes in
you're gonna want to tighten it you
don't need too much just because the way
these wire clamps work that that loop
will stay in place very easily it's not
like Grover it'll just slide
got that we're going to
not the door
you
the moment of truth the door should
easily glide open and closed
voila it worked easy peasy again thanks
for watching take care
