Hello,

Hello,

Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.

It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the kind
with the roller going thru it.

It is in the middle of the door.

a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
do they just slip in, usually, if you just
tilt them a bit ?

b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no hinge,
of course, as it's the uppermost one.

Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.

Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
uppermost position.

Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?

Thanks,
Bob

On Dec 17, 6:10 pm, "Robert11" wrote:
Hello,

Hello,

Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.

It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the kind
with the roller going thru it.

It is in the middle of the door.

a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
do they just slip in, usually, if you just
tilt them a bit ?

b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no hinge,
of course, as it's the uppermost one.

Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.

Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
uppermost position.

Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?

Thanks,
Bob

Don't know where you are at, but around here the Ace & True Value
Stores have a pretty good selection of parts, but there are also
several garage door companies that will sell parts to the general
public. The parts you need should be cheap.

You do tilt the wheel in place with the hinge off the door. A screw
gun with a socket adapter makes life easy.

JK

"Robert11" wrote in message
. ..
Hello,

Hello,

Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.

It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the
kind with the roller going thru it.

It is in the middle of the door.

a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
do they just slip in, usually, if you just
tilt them a bit ?

b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no
hinge, of course, as it's the uppermost one.

Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.

Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
uppermost position.

Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?

Thanks,
Bob

I recently had all of the rollers replaced professionally. If I recall
correctly, the top one or two were removable simply by extending the top of
the door beyond the end of the track. For the rest, the guy took a pair of
large plyers, and on each side, near the track curve where sections of track
had a seam, bent one end of the track out to create a gap, out of which each
roller could be popped out and replaced. He moved the door up and down to
get to each roller. When done, he used a hammer to bang the track back into
place.

Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
"Robert11" wrote in message
. ..

Hello,

Hello,

Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.

It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the
kind with the roller going thru it.

It is in the middle of the door.

a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
do they just slip in, usually, if you just
tilt them a bit ?

b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no
hinge, of course, as it's the uppermost one.

Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.

Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
uppermost position.

Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?

Thanks,
Bob


I recently had all of the rollers replaced professionally. If I recall
correctly, the top one or two were removable simply by extending the top of
the door beyond the end of the track. For the rest, the guy took a pair of
large plyers, and on each side, near the track curve where sections of track
had a seam, bent one end of the track out to create a gap, out of which each
roller could be popped out and replaced. He moved the door up and down to
get to each roller. When done, he used a hammer to bang the track back into
place.


The way I've always done it is to disassemble the door and then remove
the rollers by cocking the door sections in the opening. I guess the
bend and bash method probably is quicker though.

nate


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That's the hammer mechanic procedure. I wouldn't call it very professional.

s

"Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote in message
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I recently had all of the rollers replaced professionally. If I recall
correctly, the top one or two were removable simply by extending the top
of the door beyond the end of the track. For the rest, the guy took a
pair of large plyers, and on each side, near the track curve where
sections of track had a seam, bent one end of the track out to create a
gap, out of which each roller could be popped out and replaced. He moved
the door up and down to get to each roller. When done, he used a hammer
to bang the track back into place.

"Robert11" wrote in message
. ..
Hello,

Hello,

Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.

It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the
kind with the roller going thru it.

It is in the middle of the door.

a. Is there any trick to getting the new roller itself into the track, or
do they just slip in, usually, if you just
tilt them a bit ?

b. The uppermost roller may also need to be rplaced.
I believe it's a simple plate with just the roller going thru it; no
hinge, of course, as it's the uppermost one.

Went to HD, but all they seem to have are the hinge/roller brackets.
Nothing for just a roller without the hinge.

Quite surprised, but am wondering if I am missing something here.
The instructions printed on the back of the packaging card are just about
unreadable, but it does seem to show that it is, somehow, suitable fo this
uppermost position.

Are these usable in the uppermost position, somehow ? How ?

Thanks,
Bob


If I were you, I'd take some nice close-up pictures. Then, open your yellow
pages (phone book) and find a garage door company that sells parts. Bring
the pictures. Home Depot is not the place for this sort of thing.