How to secure your garage door
#1
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How to secure your garage door
I recently saw a video that showed how thieves are slipping the hanging hook end of a wire clothes hanger over the top of a garage door and snagging the lever that releases the trolley from the transport mechanism. They then pull the lever down with the hanger and in SIX seconds they are opening your garage door. I devised a way to prevent this and wanted to share it with you all.
#3
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Thanks for sharing. I saw that video a while back too. My release lever is designed different than yours, so I was able to run a zip tie through it to secure.
I was very close to buying one of those $30 boxes to protect it. With the box the release would still work. My method it is not functional.
What amazes me are the thieves that come up with this. Of course I'm not thinking about how I can break into someones home either.
I was very close to buying one of those $30 boxes to protect it. With the box the release would still work. My method it is not functional.
What amazes me are the thieves that come up with this. Of course I'm not thinking about how I can break into someones home either.
#4
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A friend in the Honda S2000 club pointed out the flaw in my earlier solution - in the event of a fire in the garage you don't want the release lever impeded. So based on an idea he had I devised a new solution.
Here is the new solution with many thanks to Dave for pointing out the flaw in the first solution. I picked up a sheet of aluminum and longer clevis pins from Home Depot. I cut two pieces of aluminum 6 inches square and drilled holes in them. They mount on the longer clevis pin and on a machine screw that goes through the hole in the arm. There are extra nuts as spacers to get the two sheets of aluminum to mount properly. The release lever is now unimpeded but the aluminum sheets extend far enough past it that a burglar can't snag it. Here are the links to photos.
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...psakgbz76z.jpg
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8rkvsmr2.jpg
Here is the new solution with many thanks to Dave for pointing out the flaw in the first solution. I picked up a sheet of aluminum and longer clevis pins from Home Depot. I cut two pieces of aluminum 6 inches square and drilled holes in them. They mount on the longer clevis pin and on a machine screw that goes through the hole in the arm. There are extra nuts as spacers to get the two sheets of aluminum to mount properly. The release lever is now unimpeded but the aluminum sheets extend far enough past it that a burglar can't snag it. Here are the links to photos.
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...psakgbz76z.jpg
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8rkvsmr2.jpg
#6
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A friend in the Honda S2000 club pointed out the flaw in my earlier solution - in the event of a fire in the garage you don't want the release lever impeded. So based on an idea he had I devised a new solution.
Here is the new solution with many thanks to Dave for pointing out the flaw in the first solution. I picked up a sheet of aluminum and longer clevis pins from Home Depot. I cut two pieces of aluminum 6 inches square and drilled holes in them. They mount on the longer clevis pin and on a machine screw that goes through the hole in the arm. There are extra nuts as spacers to get the two sheets of aluminum to mount properly. The release lever is now unimpeded but the aluminum sheets extend far enough past it that a burglar can't snag it. Here are the links to photos.
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...psakgbz76z.jpg
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8rkvsmr2.jpg
Here is the new solution with many thanks to Dave for pointing out the flaw in the first solution. I picked up a sheet of aluminum and longer clevis pins from Home Depot. I cut two pieces of aluminum 6 inches square and drilled holes in them. They mount on the longer clevis pin and on a machine screw that goes through the hole in the arm. There are extra nuts as spacers to get the two sheets of aluminum to mount properly. The release lever is now unimpeded but the aluminum sheets extend far enough past it that a burglar can't snag it. Here are the links to photos.
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...psakgbz76z.jpg
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8rkvsmr2.jpg
#7
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Yes, the handle is off the cord. I did the one door in the photos and still have to do the other one. I just don't want to park my Stang out in the pollen while I work on the door.
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