How To Replace Roller Wheels In A Garage Door

The alignment should be perfect for screws to go through.

How to replace roller wheels in a garage door.

This is a much easier way to replace the castors. Insert the roller wheel into the garage door track. Never loosen the bolts that secure the bottom fixture to the garage door or remove the cable from the bottom fixture. Go to the other side of your garage door and bend the area of vertical track near the seam.

Continue working on the rollers one at a time until you ve replaced all but the top 2 rollers. Align the mounting holes on the hinge with those on the door. Step 5 insert roller wheel. Slide a new roller in and insert the roller back into the track.

A replacement roller kit for old noisy or broken sectional track style garage doors the nylon wheel results in the quieter and smoother opening and closing of your garage door. 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. Insert the new roller s shaft into this sleeve. Pull out the hinge away from the door and then old roller out of the sleeve in the hinge.

Find new rollers and hinges here. Replacing the bottom roller on a garage door can be extremely dangerous when done incorrectly. Roll the door down to the next roller and repeat the same process for removing and replacing the rollers. This job can be done in about 5 minutes.

Pull the garage door so the roller lines up with the bent track and pop the roller out to replace it.