Adjusting the overhead track.
Garage door tracks to one side.
With the door propped open take the s hook out of the support and tighten or loosen the cable as needed.
Maintenance of an out of balance garage door.
Or it could just be that the hardware has become loose over time.
This can happen if your garage door receives an.
Thanks for the quick response.
Measured 15 and the back measured 16 from the wall.
The rollers that your door runs on are guided by two tracks which run from floor to ceiling and continue horizontally parallel to the garage ceiling.
You should be able to see about 1 2 to 3 4 of the shaft.
Adjust the spring tension on each side of the door until it does.
Check that it is straight.
If you ve had your door for a while or are in and out of it a lot it can easily end up out of alignment.
My garage door is shifting to one side when open.
The span from rail to rail is about 1 2 3 4 off but i guess that should be okay.
You will notice that there is one garage door track on each side of the doorway.
Changed them to be the same and now the cables are equal and the track isn t hitting the door.
By pushing the door back into position you should have made the vertical track straighten.
Adjust the brackets on both sides of the door until you have a consistent garage door track margins.
Maybe someone bumped into it recently.
The overhead portion of the garage door track only has one adjustment point.
Push the door back to adjust the door and get the center aligned again.
The cable is attached to the door and runs to an s hook that attaches to the track support.
It s not uncommon for these tracks to wind up out of alignment.