Garage Door Off Its Tracks or Hanging Crooked

The door leans, drags or has jumped out of its track - the most urgent of these problems, because a door that has left its track can fall.

What you are seeing

Likely causes

What a good contractor will do

  1. Secures and supports the door before touching any hardware, because a door off its track is a falling hazard and the opener is not holding it.
  2. Straightens or replaces the bent track section, and replaces the rollers, hinges or brackets that let the door leave the track in the first place.
  3. Re-sets the door squarely in the opening, sets the track spacing and plumb, and re-tensions or replaces the springs so the door runs balanced.
  4. Re-checks the opener's travel and force settings after the door is rehung, and tests the safety reverse before leaving.

Before you call

Safety first

Ask the contractor

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