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    How to center a garage door

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    bldr1


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    How to center a garage door Empty How to center a garage door

    Post  bldr1 Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:38 pm


    Can one of the experts here tell me how to center (side to side) a garage door?

    Background: 18x8 Clopay 5 section residential insulated steel garage door, installed roughly 20 years ago. Works fine and had a local company adjust the torsion springs recently. The door is off center, spring adjustment didn't change that. On one side the door is about 0.5in from the edge of the track, on the other side over 1.25in. This is not a huge problem in itself, except I'm trying to replace the flimsy original hinges with 14ga or 11ga hinges. The extra width of the heavier hinges doesn't fit on the close side. The "shoulder" on the roller shaft hits the hinge and doesn't quite fit in the track. I don't know how long the door has been off-center because I didn't notice it until recently.

    I measured and both tracks are centered to the door opening and the the tops (horizontal runs of the tracks) are square to the wall of the door. What causes the door to be off-center and how do you center it? Thanks


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    cr-garagedoor


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    How to center a garage door Empty Re: How to center a garage door

    Post  cr-garagedoor Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:01 am

    Open the garage door fully and use c-clamps or similar tools to secure it in place. On the sides of the garage door tracks, there are usually brackets that hold the tracks to the wall. These brackets can typically be loosened to allow for some side-to-side adjustment. Use your wrenches to loosen the bolts or nuts on the brackets. You don't need to remove them entirely, just loosen them enough so that you can make adjustments. You can also seek help from a professional garage door service provider to adjust your door without any hassle.

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