I am looking to raise my horizontal garage door track at close to my bulkhead as I can. It's only like 5" but it could make or break some things I'm planning. I was hoping to simply install a larger radius to accomplish this but I was curious if anyone has done this before.
Garage Door Tracks
- Thread starter tegguy
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Have read through this thread from a couple of years ago. It shows what I did to raise the tracks on one of my doors for extra clearance for a 4 post lift.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236236
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236236
gnpenning
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What is the radius of the track you have now? Depending on the answer to that will depend on what your options will be. If it's a 10" you can go to a 15". If it's a 12" you can buy an 18".
That's a cool little setup you have there and is pretty genius but wouldn't work for my application. I see you didn't move your spring and everything to be higher did you have any issues?
I think it's a 15" radius but I'd have to go double check. I've had a hard time finding garage door track parts online so I can't find what standard radius' there are. I'm probably searching the wrong thing though.
My other option is to slice in an extra vertical section to accomplish the same thing.
I'm also trying to figure out if I need to move the spring to be higher or if I'll be ok leaving it where it is (I can post pictures if it'd help)
Another question is I have there tall (3" or so) horizontal strips going across my door. I know they are there to add stiffness but is there something I can replace them with to decrease they're height?
Good thread here.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285430
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285430
I didn't need to move the spring as it doesn't interfere with the door travel. I set my tracks up this as you need top of the door to move away from wall as it rises to follow the horizontal motion of the opener. If try to go verticle first, the opener will try to pull the door off the tracks. Of course using a shaft drive opener avoids this problem.
I'm going to change over to a liftmaster 8500
Richard Cranium
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for what reason are you wanting to raise the tracks higher, If I may ask?
I may need to also. lol.
I may need to also. lol.
Clearance for a lift yes it's only 5" but could make or break for stacking 2 cars
jstroede
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If you have 15" radius now, 20" radius is available.
John
John
