Garage Door Cable Repair in Rexburg, ID | Garage Door USA
from $149
Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Rexburg, ID
Lift-cable replacement, drum re-spooling, and tension recalibration. We pair new cables with a spring inspection so the door is safe and balanced before we leave.
Our Rexburg garage door cable repair crews stay local to Madison County, so dispatch is fast and follow-up is easy. With dry conditions year-round with big seasonal swings — scorching summers, cold winters, and frequent wind-driven dust in play, we spec parts that hold up here.
Rexburg, ID is shaped by dry conditions year-round with big seasonal swings — scorching summers, cold winters, and frequent wind-driven dust. We've learned which parts last in Idaho's semi-arid interior, because low ambient humidity that dries out factory track lubrication fast, heat-soak that fatigues torsion springs years early, and fine wind-borne dust that grinds down track rollers take a steady toll on springs, tracks, and seals.
In our experience around Rexburg, the repairs that come up most are dust-fouled tracks that bind and throw the door off level, dust-blinded photo-eye safety sensors, dried, cracked bottom seals that let dust into the garage, and cold-snapped springs after hard winter freezes. We'll show you exactly what failed and why before we touch a tool.
Lift cables transfer the spring's stored energy to the door panels — they're under high tension every cycle and degrade slowly through fraying, corrosion, and mis-spooling on the drum. A cable repair visit replaces both cables (always replace as a pair so the door stays balanced), re-spools the drums to the correct number of wraps, recalibrates spring tension to match, and inspects related components like the bottom bracket where one end of each cable terminates.
Cables are galvanized aircraft-grade steel — typically 1/8-inch diameter for residential doors and 3/16-inch for heavier or commercial doors. We carry both diameters along with the bottom-bracket fittings, drum caps, and shaft set-screws that occasionally need replacement alongside the cables.
Cable failure usually leaves the door off-track or hanging crooked. Continuing to operate the opener after one cable has snapped causes the other side to take the full load and is the fastest way to bend tracks or damage panels. Stop the opener and call for repair when you see a frayed or snapped cable — fast service is standard.
Strands of steel poking out of the cable indicate active wear. Cables don't self-heal — frays accelerate to snap.
Door hangs crooked when closed
If one corner is higher than the other when the door is fully down, one cable has stretched, slipped on the drum, or partially failed.
Snapped cable, door stuck
A fully snapped cable leaves the door off-track or jammed. Don't try to force it — call for repair.
Rust streaks on cables
Coastal homes see cable corrosion progress until the strands weaken. Visible rust means the cable is no longer at full strength.
Loud bang followed by crooked door
Cable snap sounds similar to spring snap but is usually quieter. If the door is crooked after the noise, suspect cable failure.
Common causes & what we fix
Mis-spooled drum
When a cable jumps off its drum groove, it crosses over itself and wears at the crossover point. Re-spooling fixes the spool but the wear point becomes the weak link.
Drum cap or set-screw failure
If the drum slips on the shaft, one cable unwinds while the other tries to hold. This sudden imbalance can snap the loaded cable.
Bottom bracket failure
The bracket where the cable attaches at the door bottom occasionally cracks or pulls free, letting the cable whip free under tension.
Coastal corrosion
Salt-air pitting on uncoated cables can drop tensile strength 30–40% over 10+ years. Galvanized aircraft cables resist this far better.
Spring imbalance
An over- or under-tensioned spring puts uneven load on the cables and accelerates wear on the loaded side.
Our process
1
Call or schedule online. Call or book garage door cable repair online, pick the 2-hour slot that works, and we lock it in within five minutes — tech name and photo included.
2
On-site diagnosis. Our Rexburg tech inspects the garage door cable repair on-site first. Diagnosis is free for most repairs ($39 on minor calls, waived if you proceed), and you see the problem before any work starts.
3
Flat-rate quote. Every garage door cable repair is priced flat-rate and written down before we touch a tool. No hourly meter, no commissioned upsell — the techs earn a salary, not a cut.
4
Same-visit fix. Most garage door cable repair jobs are finished the same visit — a 96% first-call fix rate. We test the door with you before leaving and clean up everything we touched.
How much does garage door cable repair cost in Rexburg, ID?
Budgeting garage door cable repair in Rexburg? Pricing opens at $149, flat-rate and in writing first. We quote both repair and replacement when it's a close call, so you can pick on cost with the full picture in front of you. Comparing garage door cable repair cost in Rexburg? The written flat rate holds for 30 days, and 0% financing covers the larger jobs.
Garage Door Cable Repair the United States starts at from $149, and every garage door cable repair quote is flat-rate and presented in writing before work begins — no surprise add-ons, no hourly creep. Seniors (65+) and military save 10% on labor across all residential work, and Synchrony financing covers projects over $1,500 at 0% APR for the first 12 months, with fast approval and no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Rexburg, ID choose us for garage door cable repair
Rexburg homeowners book our garage door cable repair because we're local to Idaho's semi-arid interior, fast to dispatch, and honest about repair-versus-replace. 96% first-call fix rate, CSLB #1098234. For professional garage door cable repair in Rexburg, ID, Rexburg homeowners reach a salaried, background-checked crew, never a call center.
Your garage door cable repair in Rexburg is covered by a 10-year workmanship guarantee — distinct from any parts warranty the manufacturer provides. If our garage door cable repair fails on us, we fix it free for a decade. Springs built for 30,000 cycles carry a lifetime warranty for the original homeowner, and remaining parts run standard 1–5 year coverage.
Garage door cable repair is quoted on honest sizing and honest scope: we flag only what genuinely needs work, our salaried techs never chase a commission, and the diagnostic is transparent down to the parts in great shape. Repair or replace, we give you the long-term-economic answer — and a written, flat-rate quote good for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door cable repair
We provide garage door cable repair throughout Rexburg, ID and the surrounding Madison County area. Serving Rexburg and surrounding neighborhoods.
We run garage door cable repair across Madison County end to end — Madison County is part of Idaho. Rexburg sits right in it, alongside Sugar City, St. Anthony, Rigby, and Ririe.
From Rexburg our garage door cable repair extends to Sugar City, St. Anthony, Rigby, and Ririe, covering the in-between neighborhoods most one-truck shops skip. Need garage door cable repair near 83460? It's on the daily Madison County loop, dispatched to the closest stocked truck.
Garage Door Cable Repair near you in Rexburg, ID
"Garage door cable repair near me" should return a real neighbor, not a lead broker. We're local to Rexburg and the surrounding Madison County area, with same-day availability across Rexburg and the surrounding area.
Rexburg is part of our greater Boise, ID metro service area.
Our garage door cable repair trucks reach ZIP codes 83460, 83440 and the nearby area. Since Rexburg conditions change garage door cable repair reach times hour to hour, we hold the ETA until you call and can give you a real one. The dispatch line goes straight to an on-call tech, never to voicemail. Searching "garage door cable repair near me" in Rexburg? You've found a genuinely local Madison County crew, not a lead broker.
Frequently asked about garage door cable repair
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Cable Repair near me ask us:
The call we get most in Rexburg is dust-fouled tracks that bind and throw the door off level. Rexburg has predominantly single-family homes with attached garages, plus a core of older in-town residences, so dust-blinded photo-eye safety sensors turns up often too. We carry the common parts on the truck for a single-visit fix.
Rexburg runs a mixed-age housing stock (median build year 2005), roughly 21% pre-1980, so we see both first-generation doors and aging replacements.
Cables on a balanced door wear at the same rate. The second cable is days to weeks behind the first. Replacing both at once is faster, cheaper than two visits, and properly re-balances the door.
Most cable jobs run 45–60 minutes including spring tension verification and balance test. Add 15 minutes if drums also need replacement.
5 years on cables and drums. 10-year workmanship on the install. Galvanized cables in coastal homes typically last well beyond it.
Cable repairs are quoted flat-rate before starting; the figure depends on whether the drums or a bottom bracket also need replacement. No surprises once you approve the written quote.