Garage Door Cable & Roller Displacement
Garage door tracks and rollers typically get bent or damaged in some commonly occurring scenarios. Broken cable and/or cable drum connection. When this happens, and one attempts to close the door, the door will bend sideways and bend the track.
Roller displacement may crop up as a clue pointing to tracks. This results from a lack of lubrication on roller stems. Failure to lubricate these rollers leads to inflexibility, and a bending of the lower portion of horizontal track, with a repair shortly to follow (Many still wonder why the track rollers keep popping out).
Common Causes of Roller & Track Problems
Lock strikers can cause significant scraping on the vertical track, and eventually can lead to a split in the track. Another issue is “frozen” or defaced rollers. Decayed jamb or footings.
Replacement becomes warranted with these types of accidents.
Metal fatigue in the horizontal track itself. This arises from repeated door weight put on the track.
Normal shifting of the foundation and construction materials, and hence, door parts, over time.