Greasing garage door

Hello, My garage door is squeaking in the tracks. I tried lithium grease, but it did not work. It collects too much dust. What do you guys use ?? Thanks.

I don't think you are going to fix it with any form of lube. Better wheels and tracks seem to be the answer. (rubber wheels)

More often the noise is not where wheels contact the track. More often, the noise is rusting ball bearings. Any use of lithium grease must be in the bearings - not on the wheel surface. This is also true of the wheel that carries cable from counter weight spin to bottom of door. This wheel's bearings also require a good grease such as lithium.

Also balanc> Hello,

Personally, I've moved away from greese. I use motor oil/light machinery oil. I put a drop or two into each wheel/axle area, and wipe down the whole track with an oily rag.

Greeses were collecting dirt, and not going where they were suppose to.

imho,

tom

My husband empties all his used condoms and wipes the s**en on the tracks. Works great and no more squeaks !!!

Silly Sally

Hi-Tek Lube

A skewed door is not caused by any imbalance, nor corrected by "balancing".

Not "can", but "absolutely do":

Well, if it has tension springs on each side and they're not matched or tensioned, evenly, "balancing" them so they match force will certainly go a long way....

"Tension" spring? Do you mean extension? Or torsion? Most doors use torsion springs.

Others have tried to fix a skewed garage door by only greasing the rails. Inspection is required to first determine if those two springs are properly balanced. If the springs are not balanced, then the door will (obviously) skew within the tracks and make more noise.

Oil> w_tom writes:

Hi, Used syringe to lube the bearings, not the roller? Tony

I don't know about "most"....I'd grant "many" but have no data on fraction of total installed base. All the ones I currently have are torsion, although have had previously...

Not necessarily. Depends on the type of spring.