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Garage door shifted to one side12/31/2023 You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. This entry was filed under Technical Support. You’ll find more helpful information on our “End Bearing Plate Replacement” page. If the bracket leans, the shaft will not slide, and over time, the bearing can cut into the shaft. Additionally, secure the tops of the brackets, on doors with 15? radius tracks. Securing the end bearing plate properly can ease the cause of the shaft not sliding. Distorted garage door shaft that won’t slide through the bearing. I’ve spent many hours filing a single shaft to remove the distortion. The most difficult problem is where a new installer overtightens the cable drum set screws. The end bearing plate was leaning, causing the end of the shaft to wear. Filing them, helps the shaft to slide better. I’ve also seen on a number of doors where the end bearings wear and spread the end of the shaft. If you have a gap at the bottom or side of your garage door, it is most likely due to the bottom rubber weather seal deteriorating over time or the vinyl. If these cables are slack then you definitely have. It doesn’t usually hurt the shaft, but it will make sliding the shaft difficult. Inspect the steel cables located at the left and right ends of the door, just behind the vertical track. If you’ve had your door for a while or are in and out of it a lot, it can easily end up out of alignment. The door runs are housed in a garage door track, one on each side of the garage door. I’ve seen doors operate for years with the center bearing raised as much as six inches. Then, they’ll go horizontally parallel to the garage ceiling (and floor). Shaft sticking can occur when the center support bracket and bearing installation is not the same distance from the header or the top of the door so that the shaft is perfectly straight. Oiling the bearing helps prevent sliding problems in the future. The spring anchor bracket must be installed plum so the shaft can slide horizontally. Hardware also shifts over time, causing the bearing plates to move out of plumb. The plates that house these bearings must be plumb, but quite often, they are not installed properly. Most torsion spring assemblies have a center bearing and a bearing at each end. There are a number of causes for this problem One recurring problem customers have when replacing springs is that the torsion shaft will rotate inside the bearings, but the shaft will not slide horizontally through the bearings. Back in 2012, we posted our YouTube video on “How To Replace Garage Door Torsion Springs.” Ideally, we wanted to follow up with information on how to approach circumstances that could arise from improper installation, such as the garage door shaft not sliding.Īt the time, I’d hoped to produce additional videos for a lot of situations we didn’t have time to address, but the video generated a lot of business, and I never had time to address these.
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