Garage Door High Lift Drums

Custom garage door high lift kits put space between the top of the vertical track and the bottom of the horizontal track.

Garage door high lift drums. 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. 1 4 drum compatibility. A high lift cable drum starts working in the same way as a vertical lift drum and then it operates as a standard lift drum. Available for garage doors ranging from 9 to 19 feet high if you re not sure which type of cable drum you need check your old one for a parts number.

Each drum offers a maximum lift height of 54 inches and a rated lifting weight of 275 pounds per drum. In other words if you want a high lift garage door installation you need to make sure that you have at least a foot of clearance on top of your desired clearance height. The closer the drums are to the top of the door the more cable there will be to wrap on the drums. 800 lbs max cable thickness.

Since the garage door opens vertically at first the cable drums need to decrease the moment arm as the springs unwind. The drums are the. 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. These garage door cable drums for high lift garage doors model no.

32 6 max high lift. Apco 6375 164 dns 410 164 omi 164hl overhead 86675 pacific ps 600 120. High lift cable drums use both flat and raised grooves to balance the door on both vertical and horizontal tracks. When the garage door is closed the cable is farther from the shaft.

164 capacity per drum. The same cables are used on a door with 54 of high lift as on a door with 12 of high lift. 400 54 fit high lift garage doors as tall as 9 feet. This extra foot of clearance also allows for the installation of the spring bar springs end bearing plates and drums.

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. High lift kits increase the vertical rise of the garage. 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. 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.

Anything less than 12 inches will make it impossible. The following form will walk you through the measurements and other information that is needed in order for us to quote a high lift conversion kit for your garage door.