All hinge locations in the center section of the garage door away from the sides use hinge 1.
How are garage door hinges numbered.
Make sure that you place the hinge on a flat surface and measure to the middle of the circle.
I have a 5 panel garage door so my plan was to buy 2 sets of hinges numbered 1 2 3 4.
The hinges between the 2nd and 3rd panels will be 2 hinges.
Usually the hinges in the center of the door are stamped 1 and have a single sleeve.
On my older garage door the 1 hinge is between the bottom panel and the 2nd panel.
Hinges come in different formats sizes and thicknesses based on the dimensions of the garage door and if it is equipped with windows or with all windowed panoramic sections.
My understanding is that the hinges are numbered from bottom to top so normally between panels 1 and 2 you d put hinge 1 between panels 2 and 3 you d put hinge 2 and so on.
The hinges that hold the rollers or end hinges between the bottom panel of the door and the next highest panel should have the number one.
If you cannot read this number or cannot find it measure the distance from the bottom of the hinge to the middle of the top circle on the side of the hinge.
The hinge above that should have the number two and so on.
Then between 2nd and 3rd panel is a 2 hinge and between the 3rd and 4th panel is a 3 hinge then a 4 hinge between the 4th and 5th panel.
Try to buy hinges that are the same brand as those already on your door.
I was just out in my garage taking some final measurements to make sure i know exactly what i m looking for and realized that the hinges currently on the door are actually numbered 2 3 4 5.
Those between the 3rd and 4th panels will be 3 hinges and so on.
When you purchase a new garage door hinge you will typically see a number stamped directly into the metal indicating the type of hinge it is.
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Hinges are normally identified stamped with numbers from 1 to 10 indicating their installation location on the garage door.