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Garage door stops play
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:36 am
by cornmek1
No cub today, garage door cable went "ping" at the weekend - something went crunch as the concrete weight hit the floor ( not the cub ) and now its like an Indiana Jones adventure to get the door to open.. touch here, push there - wobble that.. hold....... it. I have to sacrifice a small goat to get it to close again..
Cant be bothered... ordered a new wire strop ( £10 ! ) for the door & I'm in the car today.. curses..
regs
Kev
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:19 am
by Leiba
That's a novel anti-theft device.
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:15 pm
by edwardatherton
Which bit? The concrete weight? It's a bit extreme, and you'd have to get rid of the body...
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:25 pm
by Leiba
No, the fact that the door can't be opened without a struggle.
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:58 am
by kayz1
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:36 pm
by jamie p
I fixed mine recently what a ladies private part of a job
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:49 am
by Hightechpete
Cornmek - a little advice from experience (maybe too late), always change the cables in pairs and spend a couple of quid extra for stainless.
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:20 am
by cornmek1
Cheers,
I've replaced the cable & the door lifts again BUT the replacement wire isnt anything near the gauge of the old.. so it wont be another 20 years before I'm doing this again.. at which point I'll take on the advice given
regards
Kev
Re: Garage door stops play
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:02 pm
by wightegi
As you are near Southampton look for a marine rigging supplier
Stainless wire in any size and should be able to make ends as well.