Why Does My Garage Door Track To One Side

There are of course many other problems that can keep your garage door from functioning properly.

Why does my garage door track to one side.

The front measured 15 and the back measured 16 from the wall. Bottom of the door is up on one side. The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door. Push the door back to adjust the door and get the center aligned again.

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. 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. The span from rail to rail is about 1 2 3 4 off but i guess that should be okay. Changed them to be the same and now the cables are equal and the track isn t hitting the door.

Move the bottom of the track on the right closer to the door so it can t shift back. I have no overhead garage door one third horsepower. One of the more difficult problems for do it yourselfers to diagnose is a worn cable pulley on an extension spring door. Click on a problem below to see the possible causes and solutions.

With misaligned tracks the risk of the rollers coming off the tracks gets much higher. The cable is attached to the door and runs to an s hook that attaches to the track support. The vertical tracks should be in a slight v instead of being plumb up down. By pushing the door back into position you should have made the vertical track straighten.

With the door propped open take the s hook out of the support and tighten or loosen the cable as needed. Yeah that was it. Thanks for the quick response. Bent tracks on your garage door need immediate repair to get the door working properly.

I had a garage door company here that told me my garage door needs to be balanced and showed me how it would not stay up by itself when door is not engaged. Misaligned tracks misaligned tracks are another common cause for a garage door going off track. Or it could just be that the hardware has become loose over time. Maybe someone bumped into it recently.

It is possible that the vertical track down the side has gone out of alignment and shifted due to a slightly loose lag screw. Garage door shifts to one side.