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Posted by Robert11 on December 17, 2007, 7:10 pm
Hello,
Hello,
Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.
It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the kind
with the roller going thru it.
It is in the middle of the door.
a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
do they just slip in, usually, if you just
tilt them a bit ?
b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no hinge,
of course, as it's the uppermost one.
Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.
Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
uppermost position.
Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?
Thanks,
Bob
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Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on December 17, 2007, 10:17 pm
> Hello,
>
> Hello,
>
> Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
> garage door.
> Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.
>
> It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the
> kind with the roller going thru it.
>
> It is in the middle of the door.
>
> a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
> do they just slip in, usually, if you just
> tilt them a bit ?
>
> b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
> I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no
> hinge, of course, as it's the uppermost one.
>
> Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
> Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.
>
> Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
> The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
> unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
> uppermost position.
>
> Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
I recently had all of the rollers replaced professionally. If I recall
correctly, the top one or two were removable simply by extending the top of
the door beyond the end of the track. For the rest, the guy took a pair of
large plyers, and on each side, near the track curve where sections of track
had a seam, bent one end of the track out to create a gap, out of which each
roller could be popped out and replaced. He moved the door up and down to
get to each roller. When done, he used a hammer to bang the track back into
place.
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Posted by Nate Nagel on December 17, 2007, 10:18 pm
Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
>>garage door.
>>Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.
>>
>>It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the
>>kind with the roller going thru it.
>>
>>It is in the middle of the door.
>>
>>a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
>>do they just slip in, usually, if you just
>>tilt them a bit ?
>>
>>b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
>>I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no
>>hinge, of course, as it's the uppermost one.
>>
>>Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
>>Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.
>>
>>Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
>>The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
>>unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
>>uppermost position.
>>
>>Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Bob
>>
>
> I recently had all of the rollers replaced professionally. If I recall
> correctly, the top one or two were removable simply by extending the top of
> the door beyond the end of the track. For the rest, the guy took a pair of
> large plyers, and on each side, near the track curve where sections of track
> had a seam, bent one end of the track out to create a gap, out of which each
> roller could be popped out and replaced. He moved the door up and down to
> get to each roller. When done, he used a hammer to bang the track back into
> place.
>
The way I've always done it is to disassemble the door and then remove
the rollers by cocking the door sections in the opening. I guess the
bend and bash method probably is quicker though.
nate
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Posted by S. Barker on December 17, 2007, 10:24 pm
That's the hammer mechanic procedure. I wouldn't call it very professional.
s
> I recently had all of the rollers replaced professionally. If I recall
> correctly, the top one or two were removable simply by extending the top
> of the door beyond the end of the track. For the rest, the guy took a
> pair of large plyers, and on each side, near the track curve where
> sections of track had a seam, bent one end of the track out to create a
> gap, out of which each roller could be popped out and replaced. He moved
> the door up and down to get to each roller. When done, he used a hammer
> to bang the track back into place.
>
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on December 18, 2007, 1:32 pm
> Hello,
>
> Hello,
>
> Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
> garage door.
> Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.
>
> It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the
> kind with the roller going thru it.
>
> It is in the middle of the door.
>
> a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
> do they just slip in, usually, if you just
> tilt them a bit ?
>
> b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
> I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no
> hinge, of course, as it's the uppermost one.
>
> Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
> Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.
>
> Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
> The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
> unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
> uppermost position.
>
> Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
If I were you, I'd take some nice close-up pictures. Then, open your yellow
pages (phone book) and find a garage door company that sells parts. Bring
the pictures. Home Depot is not the place for this sort of thing.
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