Garage Door Jammed One Side

Maybe someone bumped into it recently.

Garage door jammed one side.

Check to see if anything a shovel broom etc fell and is now stuck in the track that is causing it to be lodged. Bottom of the door is up on one side. Push the door push the door back to adjust the door and get the center aligned again. There are of course many other problems that can keep your garage door from functioning properly.

If there is something in one of the tracks obstructing the free movement of the rollers the garage door can stick open. Click on a problem below to see the possible causes and solutions. Stuck garage door track the door is moved on its tracks by winding and unwinding springs. You can quickly fix the issue by removing the object from the track.

The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door. One of the more difficult problems for do it yourselfers to diagnose is a worn cable pulley on an extension spring door. This can be a quick fix by identifying the object and then removing it. A jammed garage door can result from something as simple as an obstruction in the track.

Dirty tracks can also cause the door to jam. Jammed or obstructed track your garage door works because the garage door opener unwinds or winds the torsion springs pulling or pushing the garage door with rollers along a track. If you ve had your door for a while or are in and out of it a lot it can easily end up out of alignment. By pushing the door back into position you should have made the vertical track straighten.

Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track. Or it could just be that the hardware has become loose over time.