About ten years ago when the spring broke on our garage door the guy that
fixed it also replaced the cables and did not use cables with the correct
kind of loop. A year ago when the spring broke again the guy fixing it
showed me how the cables had been rubbing where they shouldn't and one of
them had half the strands broken. He replaced with the correct kind of
cables. He also adjusted the spring carefully and showed me how smoothly
the door moved when it was disconnected from the opener. Considering the
force on the cables, etc. this is worth having a professional do it right.


"RichK" wrote in message
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Hi,

Door lift cable got kinked and I'm replacing it. The door is good 20
years
at least, maybe more.

New cable does not have a reinforcement in the loop attaching to the door
itself.

This make the cable rubbing on the pin. In the old cable the bearing
surface was between the pin on the door bracket and the small (1in dia)
insert in the cable loop.

Seems the old design was better. Anyone look at this bit lately?

RichK