Garage Door Not Closing Evenly

Adjusting garage door extension springs.

Garage door not closing evenly.

Put a ladder under the door to make sure it won t close accidentally while you re working on it. Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all. First check the sensor lights. Without the springs the door is very difficult to lift.

Some times you need to adjust the garage door. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. If your door has a gap on one side or the other when it s closed the problem is most likely due to a break or other issue with one of the extension springs. Depending on the brand.

When this happens you need to shift it back into position. The most simple and common is door shift. There are several things that can cause this. If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.

The extension springs are evenly matched and installed to keep the garage door properly aligned so that it runs smoothly throughout the entire length of the track and closes evenly. This can happen when the door has shifted to one side causing it to appear uneven. If this is a torsion spring system either a cable has come off the high taper of one of the drums or one of the drums has slipped on the torsion tube and needs to be reset by a professional. Garage door springs are used to offset the weight of the door.

Repairing your garage door springs can be a dangerous job due to the weight of the door. If you suspect you need to adjust one or both of the extension. Keep the door open a few feet off the ground as this takes the pressure off the door springs. Do not attempt to do this yourself.

If it is an extension spring system open the door and check to see if one of the cables has come off of one of the pulleys.