Installinggarage Door Hinges

One about 2 inches above the top hinge and the other about 2 inches from the center hinge.

Installinggarage door hinges.

Check that the door jamb on the hinge side is plumb and shim as necessary. Place the second panel on top of the first one. Loosen the screws if necessary to bring the jamb back into plumb. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Place your hinges in the correct location. Can save you money by not having a service technician coming out. Find new rollers and hinges here.

Leave the nut on the end of the unscrewed bolt to protect it while tapping it out. Then you can take a hammer and tap the hinge bolt releasing the hinge. Align a hinge in 1 of the corners and in the center of the panel then screw them in place. To install the new garage door hinges tap the hinge bolts through the bolt holes preferably from the outside.

Locate the flat horizontal surface of your garage door panel. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Just a small instructional video on how to replace your garage door hinges. Most doors require a minimum of two hinges.

Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. Temporarily screw the hinge jamb in place by driving two 8 3 inch drywall screws through it. Once tapped in tighten the nut. Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door.

Once you re happy with the placement use a pencil to mark where the holes are to attach the hinge. Very easy to do. Place hinge at the center of that area aligned with the right side of the garage. Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise location on the door frame for your hinges.

Leaving 1 side bare makes fitting and installing the track easier so do this for every panel.