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How to fix garage door cable drum.
This can be an easy fix.
Rotate the drum to wind the cable into the winding grooves.
This can be an easy fix.
When it is attached use your vise grip once again to turn the shaft and tighten the cable around the drum one last time.
Sometimes your garage door will close on top of an object and the cable on that side will pop off.
Leave the locking pliers in place and repeat the tightening procedure on the other side.
Be sure not to over tighten the drum.
Is your cable off on your garage door.
Garage door crooked and the cable came off.
Keep your hand on the cable at all times and wind it neatly until you can attach the loop at the other end to the pin at the bottom of your garage door.
Garage door cables can spin off.
Garage door cables can spin off.
This could be the issue.
Follow me in this video on how to fix a cable off a garage door.
Pull the cable as tight as possible before tightening the setscrews.