Garage Door Cable Length Chart

Regardless of the type of cable selected they should contain some sort of crimp to help the cable sit with the drum.

Garage door cable length chart.

Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in. There are open loop and thimble along with 5 16 3 8 and 1 2 spools. If you are interested in assembling your own cables we also sell stop sleeves oval sleeves thimbles and spools. You will need some information before beginning.

1 your cable drum manufacture and part 2 the distance from your floor to the centerline of your garage door spring torsion shaft. Garage door cable comes in multiple different spools and sizes. When measuring an old cable measure the full length including loops spools thimbles and stops. Those seven bundles are twisted together to form a cable with a diameter of 1 8 inch.

Use the grid below to determine your correct replacement cable length for your garage door cables for doors using torsion springs only. Used for typical applications. 12 radius 12 required 15 radius 14 25 required. Raw cable of 3 32 1 8 5 32 3 16 and 1 4 diameters is also available.

Standard torsion spring garage door cables are 7 7 strand 1 8 inch thickness. The overbuilt 8 ft. Most common garage door track. For standard lift residential garage doors the cable length should be the door height plus 18 inches.

It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb.