Turn each screw counterclockwise to raise the wheels and lower the door so that you can lift the door up and out of the track.
How to get a sliding wood door back on track.
The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.
If your closet door has one you need to remove it before you can put your door back on the track.
Raise the wheel by turning the adjustment screw counterclockwise.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
Making the adjustments correctly will realign the door to reduce these problems.
This causes the door to bind when moved or fall off the track or may cause the lock to stop working.
Both types of doors seldom have a bottom track.
Remove the floor keeper from your sliding door using a screwdriver.
A plastic guide attached to the floor typically keeps the door in place.
Sliding bypass doors hang from rollers that glide on a track hidden inside the top jamb of the door frame.
When the back pocket door hanger is off the track it is a bit more of a problem.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
How to get old bypass closet doors back on track occasionally we ve had a door come off the overhead track and experienced a great deal of frustration getting the door back up and rolling smoothly.
Installed in each pella sliding door is a mechanism that moves the location of the lower track guide.
In this video i demonstrated how to make tracks for a sliding wooden door and a technique to modify your saw blade.
Moving the door when the back side is sliding on the ground is a little difficult.
Lower the door when both wheels are on the track.
Bifold doors consist of two pairs of hinged panels that pivot on a pair of pins.
You are going to have to remove the pocket door to get the hanger out where you can work on it.
Locating the back pocket door hanger.
Overtime pella sliding doors fall out of adjustment.
After you lower the door lower the wheels by turning each screw clockwise to secure the door in the frame.
These flush bolt floor keepers are typically located on the bottom of the door in the center and prevent them from swinging at 15 to 30 degree angles.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
With the door set aside vacuum up any debris and wipe the track clean.
First locate the adjustment screws along the bottom of the outside face of the door frame shown or on the door s inside edge.