The garage door needs to be able to run along these overhead tracks to retract into your garage.
Garage door off track and crooked.
If the door was closing too quickly move the spring to the next higher hole on the bracket.
Sometimes your garage door will close on top of an object and the cable on that side will pop off.
Adjust the springs on both sides of the door the same way.
Pulling the door up and down is a garage door opener.
Any of these situations indicate that one or both garage door tracks need to be aligned.
Hammer the bent track back into the correct shape against the wood until it has returned to proper alignment with the rest of the track.
If it was opening too quickly move it to the next lower hole.
A crooked garage door may need adjusting.
Retest the door balance as you did in step 1.
There may be a large gap of space between the stop molding and the door.
If the blockage is on one side the door will hang crooked.
Open and close the door manually a few times to test if the rollers are operating smoothly.
If you leave the garage door open a lot wind born dirt and debris can accumulate in the track over time until one day it begins to interfere with the ability of the door to raise and lower itself.
If it s way off balance it could actually fall of the tracks and injure someone.
Another common cause for an off track garage door is an old rusty or worn out torsion spring that isn t providing lift or tension across the cable that it once did.
If the rollers have jumped the track entirely the garage door will likely not work at all.
Garage door crooked and the cable came off.
A crooked or off balanced door.
If there is a problem with either the rollers or the track this cannot happen correctly and may result in a crooked or jammed garage door.
Now you can remove the wood and vise grips and your garage door should function properly.
The best and easiest way to level your crooked garage door.
A garage door that s out of alignment can be very dangerous.
Once the spring is free of tension remove from its track hanger.