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    Default how do i get this sliding door off its track to change rollers??

    been procrastinating over replacing these sliding door wheels as i cant figure out how ot get it off, time has come it has to be done now as they are getting more square and bumpy and hard to close.
    the frame is bent a bit by lifting tiles for some reason. ive tried lifting the door up on the inside to take it out but it need about 1-2mm more before it will come out of its track.
    only way im thinking of is to cut the bottom track lip down to tile level there to remove that door.
    anyone think of anything else??
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    Hi Wozzzza

    Frustrating those light screen doors.

    The adjustment for the rollers is usually hidden inside the bottom frame of the door.

    Near the bottom of the vertical frames there should be a hole {sometimes covered with a rubber plug).
    Insert a long Phillip's head screwdriver into the hold until you contact the adjustment screw.

    It is probably about 10cm inside the hole.

    Fiddle around until the screwdriver finds the head of the screw.


    Turn the screw left or right to adjust the runner,

    Watch the door to see if it is adjusting up or down.

    There is probably anothe adjustment screw on the other bottom corner of the door.


    Adjust both runners all the way up.

    This should give you enough clearance to be able to lift the door out of the tracks.

    Hopefully there is a pic attached to clarify my information.

    I would take the old wheels to a door shop or Bunnings and try to buy the correct replaceement.

    Good luck
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    ive screwed the adjusting screws down all the way until they are sitting on the track but the actual door frame itself is 1-2mm from coming out.
    both doors are glass.

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    Make sure any stops at the top have been wound down, door should lift up and inwards.

    The thing that will stop it is it looks like the bottom track is bowed up in the middle ? If this is the case that is the cause as it would have originally been installed flat.

    Last one I found like this only option was trimming the lip on the bottom track down so the door would come out.
    Good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by droog View Post
    The thing that will stop it is it looks like the bottom track is bowed up in the middle ? If this is the case that is the cause as it would have originally been installed flat.
    Good luck
    yep, thats what im thinking.

    Quote Originally Posted by droog View Post
    Last one I found like this only option was trimming the lip on the bottom track down so the door would come out.
    Good luck
    and yep thats what im thinking also

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    There’s a horrible looking gap in the bricks by the door. Something bad structurally may be happening. Hence the possible bow in the track. It does look pretty weird in the photo. I have a similar experience.

    I’ve got a unit in a block and the door is currently seized.

    Someone came out to fix it ages ago. They removed the door, did a bit of trimming of the door frame and put it back. They said the upper floor is sagging and putting weight onto the door. Said there are a lot of flats in Canberra with the lintels sagging.

    It lasted about two years and as I said is now jammed worse than ever before. An engineer came out to do a general report. He said the door is seized due to a nearby tree root pushing the ground upward.

    Ground coming up. Ceiling coming down. No one knows for sure.

    You should put a straight edge on the ground and check to see if it’s flat. Maybe do the same thing along the top. You're always going to have problems if the building keeps moving on you.

    People also talk about bricks growing. Another possibility that might be your problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ErrolFlynn View Post

    You should put a straight edge on the ground and check to see if it’s flat. Maybe do the same thing along the top.
    dont need to put a straight edge, you can see it lifting up there.

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    I got mine done professionally. They used vacuum suction handles and having watched them, I would rather let them do the job again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by burraboy View Post
    I got mine done professionally. They used vacuum suction handles and having watched them, I would rather let them do the job again.
    i know what you mean, been there done that, but after getting their bill i rather not ever let them do the job again.

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    You need a door that won't warp under pressure.
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    A suitable piece of timber and a carjack should push the top up and the bottom track down just enough to get the door out.

    Had that happen to me. The lintel had sagged over time and the push helped.

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    did it today, cut the bottom lip of the track and pulled the door off and replaced the clapped out rollers.
    you can slide the door open and closed with your little finger now and nice and smoothly, before you had to really tug it hard with 2 hands at times when it got stuck.
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    Excellent. Now you'll have to contemplate it jamming up again, in a couple of years. Whatever caused the problem in the first place may well remain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ErrolFlynn View Post
    Excellent. Now you'll have to contemplate it jamming up again, in a couple of years. Whatever caused the problem in the first place may well remain.
    it never jammed up, just the rollers were worn out, got around 15mm clearance at the top just needed that extra couple mm to get it out the track.

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