How To Repair Wheels On Sliding Glass Door

Then if you have a vinyl door unscrew the old rollers and slot in the new ones before screwing them into place.

How to repair wheels on sliding glass door.

The rollers are at the top and or at the bottom of the door. Grasp both sides of the sliding door and lift the door up into the top. Make sure you bring along the broken one so that you could compare it and got the right side. Turn the adjustment screw counterclockwise on each end of the sliding glass door to raise the rollers and lower the door.

Lower the bottom of the door until the rollers snap into place in the bottom track. After you have taking out the wheel you can then go to the hardware store to buy another one. If the rollers or sliding glass door wheels are full of dirt and debris give them a good cleaning and a few drops of lubricant and see if they spin freely. To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door use a stiff brush a toothbrush or a hand vacuum to clean dust from the tracks.

Repeat step 2 to adjust the rollers if the door does not fit in the tracks properly. I will show you how to remove the door remove the wheel rolle. This video will show you how to replace the wheels rollers on a sliding glass patio door. Always have a friend help you lift the door s source.

If the rollers are damaged install replacement rollers available at home centers. The right way to replace sliding glass door rollers depends on whether you have a vinyl or aluminum door. Keep in mind that the doors are heavy. Tilt the bottom rollers toward you and set the top set of rollers in the top track when you are ready to reinstall the sliding glass door.

The first step regardless of what kind of door you have is removing the door from the track. Unscrew the rollers and remove them. Take a roller to your local hardware store and purchase a replacement. Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers.