Garage Door Shaft Moves To One Side

The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door.

Garage door shaft moves to one side.

I notice that there is slack on the left of the door and tight on the right. Move the bottom of the track on the right closer to the door so it can t shift back. I just noticed that when my garage door opens all the way that it tends to go toward the right and the door seems to scrape the track a bit. Rule of thumb you should have about 1 2 to 3 4 between the edge of the door and the track.

This leaves some room for the rollers to move in and out of the sleeves. Recently i installed a liftmaster 8500 jackshaft opener and found flaws in the door that didnt present themselves before. The clips have slots in them that allow for side to side adjustment. Unless you have a carriage style garage door your garage door will have two door runs that move from the floor to the ceiling.

It is a 7ft x 16ft door with a torsion spring setup. See the article garage door rollers for more information on the correct alignment. The door is 3 years old and it walks over to the far answered by a verified home improvement expert. The track should be tighter at the bottom then at the top if it is tight enough at the bottom the door will always close in the same position.

When the door is closed you can slide the whole door easy back to the. Your door has simply shifted to one side. Then they ll go horizontally parallel to the garage ceiling and floor. The door appears to be pulling to the left when opening and not staying centered in the tracks.

I have an issue with my garage door. I re lubed all of my rollers. The vertical tracks should be in a slight v instead of being plumb up down. I have a 16 x 7 garage door that uses a torsion spring.