Garage Door Cable Length Chart

Raw cable of 3 32 1 8 5 32 3 16 and 1 4 diameters is also available.

Garage door cable length chart.

Garage door cable comes in multiple different spools and sizes. This means there are seven strands in a bundle. Garage door safety cable is made of galvanized steel and has a 1 8 in. Most common garage door track.

Designed for garage doors. When measuring an old cable measure the full length including loops spools thimbles and stops. Used for typical applications. You will need some information before beginning.

12 radius 12 required 15 radius 14 25 required. These cables have a strong weight capacity of 1 650 pounds. It has 7 strands with 7 wires per strand for strength and durability and an end to end tensile strength of 1 400 lb. If you are interested in assembling your own cables we also sell stop sleeves oval sleeves thimbles and spools.

Regardless of the type of cable selected they should contain some sort of crimp to help the cable sit with the drum. The overbuilt 8 ft. Standard torsion spring garage door cables are 7 7 strand 1 8 inch thickness. For standard lift residential garage doors the cable length should be the door height plus 18 inches.

Those seven bundles are twisted together to form a cable with a diameter of 1 8 inch.