Don Mills Garage Door Experts · Toronto
Garage Door Track Repair or Replacement: getting ready
Garage Doors · Toronto, Ontario
The door has started rubbing the frame on the left, leaving a shiny stripe down the weatherstrip. Looking closely, the bracket near the floor stands a finger's width off the wood, its screws half out.
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Does the door rub the frame or catch at the same spot every time? Is there one spring above the opening, or springs along the tracks? Can you see a bracket standing away from the wood or screws backing out?
Should the track be lubricated?
It depends on the door, and manufacturers disagree, which surprises many people. Some want the track kept clean and dry, since lubricant there can collect grit and let the wheels skid instead of roll, wearing the roller and the track edge; others specify lubricant at the track bend. The moving parts, roller bearings, hinge pins and springs, get their own lubricant either way, in the type the manual specifies, with a few cycles of the door to spread it.
What if the car hit the door as well as the track?
Then the assessment covers both. A bumper that creases the track usually dents or bows the bottom section, and can bend the bottom bracket, the roller stem and a hinge. The technician follows the impact through those parts, straightens or replaces the track, and explains separately what the section and its hardware need, whether that is a strut, a bracket, or a replacement panel. The door is only put back to work once the whole path is sound.