How To Change Bottom Garage Door Rollers

Don t buy home depot or walmart rollers.

How to change bottom garage door rollers.

Insert a new roller into the new hinge s roller mount. 3 minute bottom roller change on your garage door. Pull the release cord and unplug the garage door opener for added safety. Place the front edge of the roller into the track then rotate the hinge and roller toward the door and position the mounting holes on the.

Open your garage door completely and clamp the track about 2 3of the way up. Get down and dirty. Continue working on the rollers one at a time until you ve replaced all but the top 2 rollers. Don t attempt to replace the bottom rollers as the bottom bracket has a spring cable attached which bears the door weight and tension.

Following are the easy steps you can then follow to replace the garage door bottom rollers. Pull the garage door so the roller lines up with the bent track and pop the roller out to replace it. Take a pair of pliers and bend part of the track near the top slightly open. Line up the first garage door roller with the opening you just created.

Then bend the top of the track to slightly open it up with your pliers. Don t try this yourself unless you have experience. Wedge a flathead screwdriver between the roller and the track to pry the roller out.