Garage Door Jammed One Side

The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door.

Garage door jammed one side.

Maybe someone bumped into it recently. You can quickly fix the issue by removing the object from the track. This can be a quick fix by identifying the object and then removing it. Dirty tracks can also cause the door to jam.

Check to see if anything a shovel broom etc fell and is now stuck in the track that is causing it to be lodged. A jammed garage door can result from something as simple as an obstruction in the track. Check to see if there s anything lodged in the track that could be preventing the door from opening or closing fully. Push the door push the door back to adjust the door and get the center aligned again.

It is possible that the vertical track down the side has gone out of alignment and shifted due to a slightly loose lag screw. Stuck garage door track the door is moved on its tracks by winding and unwinding springs. Or it could just be that the hardware has become loose over time. One of the more difficult problems for do it yourselfers to diagnose is a worn cable pulley on an extension spring door.

Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track. Bottom of the door is up on one side. If there is something in one of the tracks obstructing the free movement of the rollers the garage door can stick open. 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.

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. By pushing the door back into position you should have made the vertical track straighten.