Garage Door Shakes Going Up

By wade shaddy updated december 19 2018 you push the button to close the garage door.

Garage door shakes going up. If your garage door shakes when opening or closing or sounds like it is going to fall off the track the problem is most often the pulleys. Thank you for watching. It s likely a pulley problem your garage door s pulley system is responsible for ensuring that the door moves smoothly up and down on its tracks so strange behavior like shaking as the door descends warrants further investigation of the pulleys. Over time the coil of a spring can lock preventing smooth operation and causing a popping noise.

This is almost always the result of a dirty. Press fit pulleys and cast iron pulleys. With the door open lubricate the spring generously with motor oil and a clean dry cloth. Many garage doors use large torsion springs to assist in opening the door.

In this case you need to adjust the jamb brackets that mount the tracks to the garage door opening to allow for proper clearance. How i fixed my garage door for around 10. Sometimes it even got jammed half way up w. If the garage door is easy to lift but as the door goes up or down it becomes harder your garage door is likely rubbing against the garage door opening frame.

My garage door had been sticking and catching. Lubricate the torsion springs.