Garage Door Shaft Moves To One Side

It is a 7ft x 16ft door with a torsion spring setup.

Garage door shaft moves to one side.

Garage door shifts to one side. The door is 3 years old and it walks over to the far answered by a verified home improvement expert. 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.

The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door. The vertical tracks should be in a slight v instead of being plumb up down. 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.

I have a 16 x 7 garage door that uses a torsion spring. Unless you have a carriage style garage door your garage door will have two door runs that move from the floor to the ceiling. 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. The clips have slots in them that allow for side to side adjustment.

My garage door is shifting to one side when open. Rule of thumb you should have about 1 2 to 3 4 between the edge of the door and the track. This leaves some room for the rollers to move in and out of the sleeves. 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.

I notice that there is slack on the left of the door and tight on the right. And the guides and rollars move freely and are lubed. The door appears to be pulling to the left when opening and not staying centered in the tracks. Your door has simply shifted to one side.