Frayed, snapped, or jumped lift cables replaced in pairs with galvanized aircraft cable — plus the drum, bracket, and spring check that stops it happening again. Available same-day across all 28 Apollo cities, quoted in writing before any work.
Two steel cables run from the bottom corners of the door up to drums on the spring shaft, and every lift and lower runs over them. In humid, salty air the strands corrode from the inside, fray at the bottom bracket, and eventually snap — often right after a spring breaks and dumps the whole load onto them. A door with one dead cable hangs crooked in the opening, jams against the track, and can drop suddenly, so it should not be operated at all.
We replace cables in matched pairs with galvanized 7x19 aircraft cable sized to your door, because a new cable beside an old one leaves the door unevenly loaded and crooked within weeks. The drums are inspected for wear and reset so both cables wind evenly, the bottom brackets are checked for corrosion, and the spring tension is reset so the door hangs level and travels straight.
Ready to schedule cable repair? Same-day windows are open now — from $139, quoted in writing first.
A cable that jumped its drum almost always jumped for a reason: a door that hit something on the way down, a spring that's lost tension, a worn drum groove, or a track that's out of plumb. Apollo technicians diagnose the cause before re-cabling, because re-seating a cable on a door that's still out of balance is a repair that lasts a week.
After the new cables are on, the door is balanced, run through full cycles, and checked for level travel and quiet operation. Bottom brackets and drums are included in the inspection, and the work is backed by Apollo's lifetime workmanship guarantee.
Apollo technicians handle cable repair in every city we serve. Popular service areas:
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