A garage door that rises crookedly often has a cable that has slipped, frayed, or broken. In a two-car garage, you may see one bottom corner lag behind the other. Keep the opener off and leave the door still; a cable fault can make the door unstable.
On torsion-spring doors, each cable connects the lower bracket with a drum mounted on the shaft. Doors with extension springs route cables over pulleys. If a cable loses strength or position, one side no longer lifts evenly. The bottom brackets hold full spring force, so cable work starts with controlled unloading of the spring system.
Our crew traces the cable route and inspects the drums or pulleys, springs, tracks, and door alignment to find the cause. We install a matched pair with the correct length and diameter, seat both cables on the lift hardware, and rebalance the door. Our truck carries common cable sizes and related lift parts for the repair.
Signs You Need Garage Door Cable Repair
- One bottom corner rises first.
- The door hangs at an angle.
- A cable looks frayed or rusty.
- One cable has slipped out of place.
- The door stops partway up.
- You hear a sharp snap near the door.
The Milton Freeze Factor
In Fulton County, winter nights average about 35°F, and about 49 nights a year drop to freezing or below. Cold can make spring steel less flexible and thicken some lubricants, adding resistance to a cable system that is already worn or misaligned. During a cable repair, our crew looks for that drag as well as damaged strands or a cable out of position, then balances the door after the work.
How We Handle It
Talk with our crew
A person answers your call and asks what the door has been doing. Those details help us prepare for the visit.
Inspect and quote
On site, we inspect the cables and related lift parts. Before work starts, we give you the exact quote.
Repair the cables
We unload the spring system, replace the cables with a correctly sized matched pair, and seat them on the lift hardware. Then we rebalance the door.
Test the door
Before we leave, we check the door’s balance and travel, then test its reversal. We confirm the door responds properly.
Starting Prices — Garage Door Cable Repair
- Garage Door Cable Replacement per cable
- From $150
- Diagnostic Service Call $0 with a completed repair
- $0
Starting prices. A door has two lift cables and one or two springs; the exact price depends on the door, the hardware grade and how many parts are replaced, and is confirmed on site before any work starts.