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Problem if door track not aligned?

sting8

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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 - it's maybe 1/8" maximum and the wheels seem to go over it no problem and you just hear a bit of grumbling when they do. I know construction isn't exact, so I don't want to be unnecessarily fussy and I'm thinking this is not really a problem long term... or should I look to fix this up?

Not sure how I'd get them aligned because it seems like they don't mesh because they almost overlap and moving them apart to create space at the joint with everything put together at this point seems not possible.

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sting8

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Is that a significant problem?

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.
 
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A closer photo might help, but I think I get what you are looking at. An 1/8" seems like a lot for it to be misaligned. I'd be concerned with premature wear of the rollers as they bump into the edge of the track. Plus that must make a racket as each door roller goes by it?

If it was something that took 5 minutes to loosen a few bolts and realign, I'd do it myself. More than that I'd probably call the installer and get them to resolve.
 
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sting8

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