Today I'm going to repair a broken garage door hinge, actually I have 2 broken hinges
I need to fix and I've never done this before. But at the end of this video, you'll be able
to do this repair on your own and save a lot of money.
The hinges I'm repairing are ones that are next to the track on the ends of the garage
door. As you can see, this hinge has completely snapped.
So the first thing you need to do is disengage the door from the motor and then roll the
door all the way down. Replacement hinges can be found at Lowe's
which is where I got mine but you can probably find them at any big hardware store. The one's
I bought were only $5.00 each. One thing you will need to pay attention to is the number
on the package. I bought the number one hinges. Each hinge position has a different number
as you can see from my door. It starts with number one down at the bottom and then goes
up to number three. Taller doors may have higher numbers than 3.
That's because the track actually sits closer to the door frame at the bottom than at the
top of the frame. The hinges above number one offset the rollers from the track so that
the door will sit flush when completely closed. And if you happen to buy the wrong number
hinge, don't worry about it. The cylinder in the middle of all the hinges line up with
the number one hinge as you can see here. And the top and bottom roller brackets are
totally different from the hinges. So now that you know a little about garage
hinges, let's start replacing the broken ones. I'll start by removing bolts from the bottom of the hinge and work my way up.
--Drill Sounds--
Now just slide the roller out and keep it handy, we'll reuse that part again. And here's our shiny new hinge ready to be
installed. I'll do this all in reverse order starting
with the roller. Just slip it in the track and slide the hinge over it like this.
Now line up the holes with the openings in the hinge and then place the bolts back in
starting from the top. And don't forget to use the washer from the old hinge.
Once all the bolts are back in and the hinge is nice and tight, I can start working on the other side now.
--MUSIC and DRILL SOUNDS--
Ok so the second hinge is done and as youcan see, it isn't too hard to replace and I think anyone who's even slightly handy can
do it. And as I said in the beginning of the video, I've never done this before and was
still able to make the repair easily. So now the last thing to do is re-engage the
door to the motor and you're all set! If you enjoyed this tutorial, please subscribe.
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