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Off center garage door.
Well i got 2 new matched springs yesterday and installed them same problem the door is rubbing against 1 of the tracks as it goes up.
I had to do it that way because i had virtually no room over head and the spring was set right in the center not allowing me to center the rail.
However a single garage door at eight to nine feet wide and seven to eight feet high is a common measurement for many homes.
The rail ended up being about a foot and a half off center.
As door came down the rollers started to bind in the rail and stopped the door.
If you need a double garage door the typical measurement is 16 ft.
There is no standard garage door size.
I mounted one off center for a door on my own garage that was 16 wide and it worked fine.
It is common for people to try to install it off center because of obstructions.
Garage doors be off center.
When installing the garage door opener you have to take care that the motor and lift assembly are installed in the exact center of the door.
If your door sits off balanced it won t just magically straighten itself up.
I tightened the cable on that side to give it more tension but no difference.
A crooked or off balanced garage door.
Failure to do so will cause the door to buckle and bind.
Somehow it is off center.
Usually getting your door back on track is fairly easy.
Repair a crooked garage door with help from a garage door specialist in this fr.
I can manually move the door up and down and feel the rollers bind.
My garage door opener came with the following instructions.
Door has shifted to one side.
Move the obstruction rather than do the installation off center.
If your door has extension springs the opener must be installed in the center of the door.
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All of the answers i got said that a weak spring on 1 side might do that.
It is not slanted.
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