Sliding Door Tension

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bizz1441

Discussion Starter · Oct 15, 2018

I tried searching, but couldn't find this answer to this. I replaced the sliding door motor in my 2011 Odyssey because the old one cracked when the cable snapped. I am trying to hook up both cables, but they are about 3 inches too short. How do get more slack or reset the motor so that I can hook both sides up to the door bracket?

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ncnmra

· #2 · Oct 17, 2018

bizz1441 said:
I tried searching, but couldn't find this answer to this. I replaced the sliding door motor in my 2011 Odyssey because the old one cracked when the cable snapped. I am trying to hook up both cables, but they are about 3 inches too short. How do get more slack or reset the motor so that I can hook both sides up to the door bracket?

Did you replace the entire motor assembly including the cables? I'm in the process of (re)doing my cable replacement only. I believe if you pull on one end, it should unravel the spindle, so make sure that you have the cable pulled out all the way. If you are sure that the spindle is completely unraveled, then I would install ONE of the outside cables (perhaps front) to the door pulley in any arbitrary position (with the pulley on the track). Then pull the other (rear) cable as tight as possible and pull the pulley towards the other end. There are two spring tensioners inside the motor assembly that need to get compressed, and this is done from each side. Pulling the rear cable, it will compress the rear tensioner, and pulling the (already attached) door pulley/cable will compress the front tensioner.

Hopefully this will give you enough room to attach the rear cable stop into the door pulley. When I did my cable replacement, I did it the other way, but it was REALLY tight and I certainly needed to compress the tensioners before I could install the spindle.

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devindesu

· #3 · 5 mo ago

I’m having the same exact issue. I hooked the front cable onto the sliding door roller, but when I try to pull the rear cable to hook it on, I’m probably like a 1/2 inch shy of being able to do it. So frustrating!

See at 48:56 in this video, the guy has so much slack to work with. Mine is nothing like that.

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WiiMaster

· #4 · 5 mo ago

devindesu said:
I’m having the same exact issue. I hooked the front cable onto the sliding door roller, but when I try to pull the rear cable to hook it on, I’m probably like a 1/2 inch shy of being able to do it. So frustrating!

See at 48:56 in this video, the guy has so much slack to work with. Mine is nothing like that.

Are you replacing the motor or just the roller? If you're just replacing the roller you will need to have some strength with needle nose pliers and possibly a second set of hands. He has slack in the video because he is replacing the motor and he pulled up the tabs on the motor to release the tension. If you are just replacing the roller you will be fighting with the tension so you have to muscle it in there.

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devindesu

· #5 · 4 mo ago

WiiMaster said:
Are you replacing the motor or just the roller? If you're just replacing the roller you will need to have some strength with needle nose pliers and possibly a second set of hands. He has slack in the video because he is replacing the motor and he pulled up the tabs on the motor to release the tension. If you are just replacing the roller you will be fighting with the tension so you have to muscle it in there.

Thank you for the response. I actually ended up figuring it out and you're spot on, all I had to do was pull up on the tabs to release the tension. To anyone reading this and wondering what we're referring to, go to 0:56 in this video:

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rfraser800

· #6 · 13 d ago

That is so helpful and awesome, thank you for sharing !!!

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devindesu

· #7 · 13 d ago

rfraser800 said:
That is so helpful and awesome, thank you for sharing !!!

No problem, good luck!

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