High Lift Garage Door Drums

Each drum offers a maximum lift height of 54 inches and a rated lifting weight of 275 pounds per drum.

High lift garage door drums.

19 6 max high lift. Maximum door height. Vertical lift cable drums are taller than standard lift drums. The drums are the.

This is a project that suits experienced mechanics. A high lift garage door extends your garage door s track so that the door hugs the wall and goes up higher before the horizontal curve. This extra foot of clearance also allows for the installation of the spring bar springs end bearing plates and drums. 500 lbs max cable thickness.

Garage door drums come in a variety of sizes that are dependent on the eight of the garage door and the amount of high lift for the door. 400 54 fit high lift garage doors as tall as 9 feet. For example the cable on a door with 54 inches of high lift will wrap only half way around the outer groove of the drum. High lift conversions tend to be very complicated in nature.

As the door opens the cable wraps up on the drum and comes closer to the shaft see how vertical lift and high lift garage doors work pictured to the right is the 11 vertical lift cable drum vertical lift cable drums come in three outer diameters. When the garage door is closed the cable is farther from the shaft. Your order includes both a left and right side cable drum for one low price br br you can use these parts to repair your high lift garage door system or. The size of the lift cable will also affect the drum size.

These garage door cable drums for high lift garage doors model no. Residential drums typically use a standard hub while commercial doors and really heavy residential doors use a keyed hub. This conversion is accomplished by adding new tracks new springs new drums and new cables all while utilizing your existing garage door. 3 16 drum compatibility.

The cable drum should be cast on an aluminum alloy and it should have an end bearing plate just. It makes better use of the vertical space in your garage and gives you at least 12 15 more headroom in your garage by moving the garage door track closer to the ceiling. 54 capacity per drum. A high lift garage door conversion is a modification to an existing garage door s operating components to open at a higher level within the garage space.

The same cables are used on a door with 54 of high lift as on a door with 12 of high lift. Apco 5250 54 dns 54 omi 54hl overhead td 11 cable length. Here s a complete guide to high lift conversions for the standard garage door. The closer the drums are to the top of the door the more cable there will be to wrap on the drums.

Floor to shaft center 66 minus amount of hi lift. Average diy ers should avoid doing this on their own.