Optical fiber repair apparatus with adjustable guide member and methods for using the same

A method for splicing optical fibers, the method comprising:

• coupling a first optical fiber cable to a longitudinally extending closure frame;
• coupling a second optical fiber cable to an adjustable guide member on the closure frame;
• moving the adjustable guide member toward the first optical fiber cable to provide a distance between the first and second optical fiber cable less than an exposed length of the first and second optical fiber therebetween to provide a slack length of optical fiber;
• positioning cleaved exposed ends of a first optical fiber from the first optical fiber cable and a second optical fiber from the second optical fiber cable proximate each other in a splice station displaced from the closure frame utilizing the slack length of optical fiber;
• splicing the first and second optical fibers in the splice station;
• and
• moving the adjustable guide member away the first optical fiber cable to remove the slack length and position the spliced optical fibers in the closure frame.