Garage Door Roller Repair

Garage door roller repair or replacement is best left for the professional team at Priority Garage Doors to service. If you’re looking to replace worn-out or damaged rollers, or upgrade to high-performance ones, we supply only the top quality garage parts in all our work. Garage doors are intricate systems. They’re also very heavy and under extreme tension. DIY repairs can be both dangerous and expensive, not to mention incorrect. 

Most garage doors come with pre-installed stock factory rollers that are made of an inferior quality metal or plastic, likely only to last for a couple of years before you experience problems. Priority Garage Doors replaces your Ottawa garage door with only top quality nylon rollers. Nylon rollers come with ball bearings for a more secure and robust design. These options are the best solution for your garage door.

The Importance of Replacing Defective Rollers 

Over time, your garage door roller begins to wear, lossen, and/or bend, causing your garage door to open and close slowly in a very sporadic nature. This inconsistency in the range of motion and the strain put on the garage door opener system ultimately decreases its lifespan.

When the condition of your roller is greatly compromised, for instance a crack or it’s broken entirely, the result may be a jam. If your door’s full range of motion is being prevented, this could make entering or exiting your garage with your car impossible. It could also make your home temporarily vulnerable to strangers, animals, and rigorous weather.

Finally, if the rollers aren’t working correctly, this can directly affect the system’s components getting additionally damaged themselves. Therefore, it is best to call Priority for garage door roller replacement services to restore worn out rollers in a timely manner so as to avoid further damage and the need for costly repairs.

Lifespans of Different Garage Door Rollers 

Garage door rollers are only expected to last for a specified number of cycles. These are the four most common types of garage door rollers and how they differ substantially from one another in quality and lifespan:

• Plastic rollers. The most basic type of roller, these usually last only a few years.
• Steel rollers with ball bearings. The noisiest option, these last about 10 to 15 years.
• Steel rollers without ball bearings. These are lower quality rollers that will only last a few years.
• Nylon rollers. The quietest and best performing option. These have a lifespan of 12 to 20 years, depending on their quality. 

If your rollers are near the end of their expected lifespan, it’s time to replace them by calling Priority Garage Doors for excellent customer service and quality assured services.

Garage Door Rollers Replacement Warning Signs

Cycle ratings are a good gauge of the condition of your garage door rollers, but nobody is expected to tally every time they open and close their garage door. In addition, frequently used garage doors mean these rollers become prematurely worn or damaged and need to be replaced sooner than an average user. This is why for precautionary measures, it’s important to inspect them periodically. To determine whether your rollers are overly worn or damaged, be on the lookout for:

• Signs of wear and tear
• Cracking
• Chipping 
• Bent and loose components
• Broken seals
• Visible damage 
• Irregular or slow garage door operation
• Noises such as squeaking or grinding.

Be sure to inspect your rollers on a periodic basis and have your garage door system professionally inspected by an Priority technician at least once a year. A team member of ours will thoroughly inspect and lubricate the rollers when performing regular maintenance.

Common Garage Door Roller Problems

The 5 common problems you may face as a result of a defective garage door roller are:

1. Inadequate lubrication
2. Tracks have come off the wall
3. Tracks that have dents or damages
4. Misaligned garage door tracks
5. Dirty tracks