Installing New Garage Door Rollers

Slide a new roller in and insert the roller back into the track.

Installing new garage door rollers. When you arrange a roller garage door installation with rollerdor you can look forward to impeccable customer service from start to finish resulting in a high quality installation that will last for many years. To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Steps for installing a steel insulated garage door prep the bottom panel by attaching any necessary rollers and hinges. Garage door rollers attach the garage door to the garage door tracks and allow the garage door to open and close smoothly.

Roll the door down to the next roller and repeat the same process for removing and replacing the rollers. If you re thinking of ordering a new garage door with us and want to know more about what the installation process entails this page has all the information you need. Insert the new roller s shaft into this sleeve. Grab one side of the track with a pair of pliers and bend it to a 90 degree angle.

Grab a socket wrench and unscrew the retaining bolts to the brackets that hold the garage door rollers. Bend the track back into alignment and then roll the door all the way open. Align the mounting holes on the hinge with those on the door. Insert the roller wheel into the garage door track.

Center the bottom panel door in the garage door opening and align the vertical tracks with the rollers. Pull out the hinge away from the door and then old roller out of the sleeve in the hinge. Look for a seam near the top of the vertical piece of track. Pry open the track near the front of your garage with pliers.

The alignment should be perfect for screws to go through. To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section. Step 5 insert roller wheel. Keep prying open the track until you ve bent a 1 in 2 5 cm section.

Builder grade rollers are typically either hard plastic or steel with no ball bearings. How to replace upper garage door rollers. When you have replaced the bottom 4 rollers you ll realize that you won t be able to replace the top one because it won t line up with the opening in the track. Again do not do this for the bottom roller.

Attach lag screws into the brackets to hold the tracks in place. Sorry to sound like a broken record but it s important.