My garage door is binding on the track up when it closes. How do I fix this?

Measure the distance the tracks are apart with a helper at the bottom and the top where they don't bind. Then measure the area they DO bind and I think you will find it is less and the door is getting pinched, not the rollers. The other thing to check is whether the door when it swings past this point

is rubbing the wood on either side of the door, hitting the top pc of wood/drywall, or weather stripping. If the track is hitting the side of the door in my first example you will loosen the bolts holding the brackets attached to the track and slide it/them outward until the door is clear. You may have to drill a new pilot hole if the existing bolt won't allow for the adjustment. Second example is fixed by taking the top bolts out and adding a few washers underneath until the door rolls freely. If the weatherstripping is hitting the door, loosen the top nails and tap the weatherstrip out a little. You want the weatherstrip to make contact with the door, but not restrict it. People tend to push the weatherstrip as tight as possible against the door to keep wind out, but that can bind as you may find out. If you adjust the top of the side strip you may have to adjust the whole top strip.

Binding Garage Door

first thing to do is unhook your door from your opener and raise your door up and down by hand, this way you should be able to feel where the door is binding and see where the problem is. you should have at least 1/2" of space between your door and the track. the rollers should have a little side play as not to be too tight in the hinges. if you do any lubricating to your door at all DO NOT use grease, it's messy and collects all the dirt and dust from everything. Just get a squirt can with some oil in it and oil all your rollers and pulley wheels or bearings. If you door has wood trim around it you can put a little oil on the edge of the wood where the door rubs against it to help the door slide easily up and down the wood.

If NOTHING has been done to the door and this started all at once look for a bad door roller/hinge. If it is a stretch spring door look for bad pulley sheaves. Do not ignore the door opener. Examine the opener track. If the opener is old examine internally. Plus most doors are steel.

If your door has gears it may have lost a tooth, your sensors should be pointing straight at each other to connect the beam, if there is anything in the way of that like a bug it will cause it to go back up. You may just have a loose connection.

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