How To Fix Garage Door Panel Hinge

Most residential garage doors consist of four panels attached to each other with hinges.

How to fix garage door panel hinge.

To remove the garage door hinge you must first loosen the nuts from the hinge bolt. Today we are going to discuss how to replace the garage door hinges in a quick way. This process is fairly simple but you should have a basic understanding of how garage door hinges work how to remove re install them in a proper way. Removing and installing garage door hinges.

The top item along the sides of the garage door is the top roller carrier it gets this name because it carries the top roller along the side of the garage and it is not a hinge i know duh all hinge locations in the center section of the garage door away from the sides use hinge 1. When you open the door and it goes around the bend the hinges hold the panels together. To install the new garage door hinges tap the hinge bolts. Then you can take a hammer and tap the hinge bolt releasing the hinge.

Let s start the process step by step. Leave the nut on the end of the unscrewed bolt to protect it while tapping it out. Replacing just the panel will save you time and money since a single replacement panel is not nearly as expensive as a completely new garage door and it s an easier job to fix a panel than it is to remove an old door and replace it. Raise stabilize the garage door.