Garage door spring safety cables

[racecougar]

Originally Posted by pwdcougar

A steel rod welded at each end would be a heck of a lot safer than the cable. I'll probably go with 1/4 inch cable though,

Well yeah, a steel rod won't work too well with the extension type door springs. The spring pictured above is a torsion type door spring.

[ERASER5]

Originally Posted by racecougar

Well yeah, a steel rod won't work too well with the extension type door springs. The spring pictured above is a torsion type door spring.

Yep. It's no-go on a solid rod. The extension springs move around quite alot. Replacing those springs is a real enjoyable job too.