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Solved. Thanks. I just loosened the bottom section of the track and aligned it.

Well, long term, I don't know, so that's why I'm asking, right? I know construction isn't exact when it's not necessary, so I'm just asking someone with experience to tell me "don't worry about it" if that is the case here.

I just had a new door installed. In the photo below is the track and circled in black is where two sections of the track join. It seems the installer was a little inexact and the two pieces of track aren't perfectly aligned so when the door opens the wheels go over a little bump at the join -...

Hopefully you can make out that in the first photo the side room is only 1.5" - the frame of the door opening is only separated from the wall studs by a single 2x4. That's why I was going to add a 4x4 onto that side to give the minimum 3.75 inches of side room required. In the second photo you...

I only have 1.5" on the one side because the wall is there - they built the opening only 1.5" from the wall!

My 1950s garage has a 16x7 foot door frame opening. Currently installed is a 1-piece door that tilts open and then hangs a bit below the top of the opening, which means the clearance is much less than 7 feet. The problem is my new van is under 7 feet but can't get in because the door hangs...