How To Grease A Garage Door Roller

Lubricate hinges rollers and springs.

How to grease a garage door roller.

Rollers there s two parts to lubricating the garage door rollers. Slowly lift your garage door up manually and spray each. Popular standard degreasers like wd 40 aren t the best option. Spray individual wheels with the oil as well.

First clean the tracks of dirt and debris with a wet cloth. Start by spraying the tracks of the wheels for the garage door with the oil. The metal shaft that slides in the bracket on the door itself and the ball bearings on the roller wheel. Purchase a lithium based grease or garage door lube.

Lock although your lock may not squeak it s best to keep it regularly lubricated so it does not seize up. We recommend using a non silicone lubricant such as lps 2. Lubricating the moving parts 1. Open your door and spray the lubricant on each of the hinges.

Avoid spraying wd 40 on any part of your garage door. Hit all the pivot points when you spray. Typically all the door requires is lubricating as with all metal moving parts roller doors will become dry and the friction. Once the track is dry spray the oil along the track from the top to the bottom.

Open your garage door by increments spraying where the row of hinges bend. To lubricate the metal shaft spray some grease at the edge of both sides of the bracket as shown below. Sometimes we receive a call from customer who believes their roller door is on the cusp of breaking down often the conversation will revolve around the fact that their roller door is sticking and they are having a difficult job opening and shutting their roller doors.