How To Change Garage Door Roller Spindles

Changing the top roller 1.

How to change garage door roller spindles.

Place a clamp on the track 1 ft 30 cm from the bottom of your door. Cables to allow you to safely remove the old spindle. If your garage door seems to get stuck or is jerky it may need a new garage door roller. To see if your rollers need replacing inspect each of the rollers by watching them as they go up and down the track.

If you are replacing roller spindels with nuts the principle is the same. Pop the roller out of the track with a screwdriver. 2 place a tension kit bar in the collar of the main spring as picture 2 x 3 slowly lift upwards as you lift the tension off the cables look to the left hand side of the left bracket as picture 2 collar. Again do not do this for the bottom roller.

If one or more are not rolling and or appear damaged it should be replaced. This video shows the simple steps to replace a garage door roller. Climb a ladder so you can easily access the top roller while your. How to replace upper garage door rollers grab a socket wrench and unscrew the retaining bolts to the brackets that hold the garage door rollers.

When the garage door is open secure a hand.