It sounds like all the problems are related to moving the door,
not the surface condition of the panels.

It sounds like the door uses coil torsion springs to carry the
load. These are large springs wound around a heavy steel bar
mounted on the wall just above the door. THESE ARE
DANGEROUS!!!!!!!

There is a steel cable that goes down each side of the door and
coils on a drum at the ends of the heavy steel bar. It sounds
like the cable has jumped or the drum is out of time. THIS THING
IS DANGEROUS!!!!!!!

The best thing to do would be to hire a local professional to
reset the door. If you insist on trying, you might study this
site:
http://truetex.com/garage.htm

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"Abhijit Dey" wrote in message
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BobK207 wrote:
How could a car power antenna cause all this damage to the
garage
door?

Good question. When I heard the crashing sound coming from the
garage, I
ran over there and found the following.
1) Garage door halfway open
2) Car antenna bent
3) Car now back fully inside garage.

I am sure the back of the car (or the bumper) didn't hit the
door as
there is no damage to the car except the antenna.

I didn't pay much attention to the door at this point.. it
looked okay
at first look. Then I ran the auto opener to open the door
fully - and
the fun started.

The door opened, but some of the rollers came off of the track,
and the
door was partially "hanging". When I tried to close it
(manually), it
would not come down all the way, with one side of the door not
level
with the other side. At this point I noticed, that the right
hand side
string is off the pully.

(Read my first post to learn what I did to "fix" the door
somewhat)

So, yeah - not sure what caused what.. but this is the best I
can figure
out.

So, any ideas on how I can go about fixing the damage in a
economical &
sensible way? Thanks.