Garage door came off track and is completely slanted, causing bend in track!?

Question

The garage door is attached to the ceiling at two points on either side by the track. On the left side it was bolted into the sheet rock- no stud! So obviously one of the screw broke and the whole left track slanted, or pivoted, further to the left (the left track is crooked)- with only 1 screw holding it on.

Because the track on the left is slanting left, it's causing the whole thing to be slanted. On the right track- the top wheel has come off the track, and when the left track moved it caused the bottom of the right track to push outward to the right bending the track. So now at the left side it hits the ground, but on the right there is about a foot of space open!

Have put in a new upper bolt to straighten out track... Can not seem to get wheel back on.... tried straightening out bent rail... door closes most of the way, but the biggest problem is making the door straight again! help? what should I do in what order?

Answer 1

You are going to have to rebuild and probably replace the track. It sounds like you have a two piece door that folds in the middle, which means all the weight is hanging from the springs. If you have the torsion bar across the top of the door as one person said, you have a nasty dangerous thing to work on yourself.
A door does not have to cost $2,000. I built my own sectional door for well under $200. The biggest problem was finding someone to sell me the track - everyone wanted to come out and measure a custom door for me. After about a dozen calls, I found a place that thought it reasonable. I bought the other parts (wheels, springs, hinges) as replacement parts at the hardware store.
Using springs along the track instead of the torsion bar over the door is much safer and easier to work with.

Answer 2

what should I do in what order?
1) --BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL---DO NOT WORK ON THE COIL SPRING
2)--I am assuming and that is dangerous that you have a bar at the top of the door with a coil spring around the bar
3) --this spring has very dangerous tension on it if the door is in the down position,I have seen a man that had 1 side of his face removed by one of these,,in the up position there is still some good tension but it is workable
4) my best guess is you have lost a cable on one side( the down side) look to see if there is a cable attached on the up side and not on the down side
5)--if you can get the door all the way up ,,check to see if you can discover what caused the cable to get loose ,,see if you can remedy this
6) --IF NOTHING WORKS --call a door repair person--not a handyman but someone that works on these doors all the time--

if you dont have the coil spring forget all this--and look for a long spring that has come loose--

again this works better with door up,
, you will need help getting the door in the up position

good luck and remember number 1 above

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Man what happened to you is terrible. Here is the cure take the door down tear out the wall rebuild it and. Last but not least redo the door with a new one. This will cost close to
2,000.00 sorry.