The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.
How to adjust a pella sliding screen door.
Installed in each pella sliding door is a mechanism that moves the location of the lower track guide.
The rollers for a pella sliding door fit inside rectangular metal cartridges and these cartridges in turn fit into mortises in the bottom of the door.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
It may take a few attempts before you get the door rolling without resistance.
Overtime pella sliding doors fall out of adjustment.
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Over time the framing of your home settles.
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Your pella sliding door has a built in latching mechanism that extends into the lock strike when you place the latch in the locked position.
This causes the door to bind when moved or fall off the track or may cause the lock to stop working.
If you re not sure whether the door is straight pull it.
By the time you re finished the door should be sitting perfectly level on the track and there should be an equal amount of space between the door and the track on both the top and bottom.
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Making the adjustments correctly will realign the door to reduce these problems.
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