Garage Door Cable Length Chart

Designed for garage doors.

Garage door cable length chart.

There are open loop and thimble along with 5 16 3 8 and 1 2 spools. Use the grid below to determine your correct replacement cable length for your garage door cables for doors using torsion springs only. 12 radius 12 required 15 radius 14 25 required. Those seven bundles are twisted together to form a cable with a diameter of 1 8 inch.

Used for typical applications. The overbuilt 8 ft. Regardless of the type of cable selected they should contain some sort of crimp to help the cable sit with the drum. Standard torsion spring garage door cables are 7 7 strand 1 8 inch thickness.

When measuring an old cable measure the full length including loops spools thimbles and stops. Raw cable of 3 32 1 8 5 32 3 16 and 1 4 diameters is also available. It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb. Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in.

If you are interested in assembling your own cables we also sell stop sleeves oval sleeves thimbles and spools. For standard lift residential garage doors the cable length should be the door height plus 18 inches. 1 your cable drum manufacture and part 2 the distance from your floor to the centerline of your garage door spring torsion shaft. You will need some information before beginning.

Most common garage door track.