Posted by Steve@Advance on October 03, 2022 at 10:35:03 from (47.37.93.96):
In Reply to: Tractors are trapped... posted by Christopher S. on October 03, 2022 at 07:06:43:
If you need to push down on the door to get it closed, and backing off the spring causes the door to not stay all the way up, something is not right with the springs, they are too short.
Not sure if that is contributing to the problem, it could be, but it will shorten the life of the springs. When they fail, look up a spring calculator and get the correct springs. Longer springs with smaller wire last longer than short springs with heavy wire.
The upper tracks should be ever so slightly up hill to keep tension on the cables when the door is all the way open. If too much incline it will cause the door to not want to stay fully open.
When properly balanced the door should stay fully closed without the latch holding it down, and fully open without the cables going slack or trying to roll back down.
Do the doors stay centered between the tracks? They should. If the floor is unlevel, the tracks unlevel or not parallel, the doors will tend to migrate to one side and bind. The tracks need to be level and parallel regardless of the level and square of the door frame. If correcting the track doesn't fix it or is not practical, you can add shims to the bottom roller to help keep the door centered.
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