Is rust, or damage, causing problems for your Genoa City garage door?

This Genoa City garage door track hasn't
seen lubrication in years and rust is
beginning to build up.

The tracks on either side of your garage door guide the rollers on your Genoa City garage door panels as they travel up and down. If the tracks are bent or damaged, the rollers can hang up and cause problems with operating your garage door. Rust can also cause problems.

When new, assuming it was properly installed, your garage door rolled up and down smoothly in its tracks. The process was quiet and put a minimum of stress on your garage door opener. The process occurred almost invisibly. When you wanted to open or close the garage door, you pushed the button and didn’t even think about the garage door completing the task you had assigned. But, over time, that may have changed.

Increasingly, you notice as the garage door goes up and down. It makes more noise. It may even take longer. And, in the process, it puts additional strain on the garage door opener and all the garage door’s parts.

A badly bent or damaged garage door track may cause a garage door to get stuck. If damaged badly enough, the rollers may even come out of the track. If the latter happens, the door could fall on you or your car.

Rust can also build up inside the track to the point where inefficient operation can become stalled operation.

Fixing the rails can be problematic. If they’re bent, bending them back is often a challenge. If they’re rusted, getting the rust out is difficult if not impossible.

Damaged rails occur because, 1. Something struck the rail and caused the damage, or 2. Something else caused uneven pressure in the operation of the garage door.

The first reason that you might find rust in you Genoa City garage door rails is because they were not properly lubricated. Lubrication will keep the rollers moving smoothly while also fighting off rust.

If the humidity is high around your Genoa City garage, that’s a possible cause of rust in the rails. Or, you could have a leak that is allowing water to make its way into the tracks. While fixing any leakage is imperative, either of these issues illuminates the essential need for proper lubrication in your garage door’s tracks.

Lubricating your garage door tracks, as well as other moving parts of the garage door, includes using the proper lubricants applied in the right places and in the correct level. For this service, it’s best to call in a qualified garage door technician.