Garage Door Shaft Moves To One Side

I have a 16 x 7 garage door that uses a torsion spring.

Garage door shaft moves to one side.

Garage door shifts to one side. It is a 7ft x 16ft door with a torsion spring setup. I re lubed all of my rollers. Recently i installed a liftmaster 8500 jackshaft opener and found flaws in the door that didnt present themselves before.

The vertical tracks should be in a slight v instead of being plumb up down. 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. When the door is closed you can slide the whole door easy back to the. See the article garage door rollers for more information on the correct alignment.

Move the bottom of the track on the right closer to the door so it can t shift back. Then they ll go horizontally parallel to the garage ceiling and floor. Your door has simply shifted to one side. The clips have slots in them that allow for side to side adjustment.

The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door. The door appears to be pulling to the left when opening and not staying centered in the tracks. I notice that there is slack on the left of the door and tight on the right. I have an issue with my garage door.

Rule of thumb you should have about 1 2 to 3 4 between the edge of the door and the track. And the guides and rollars move freely and are lubed. This leaves some room for the rollers to move in and out of the sleeves. Unless you have a carriage style garage door your garage door will have two door runs that move from the floor to the ceiling.