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01-22-2019, 01:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-22-2019, 01:27 AM by Big Dave.)
What do you guys recommend using to lubricate the rollers on garage doors?
Mine started squeaking a bit more annoyingly over the last month or so, and I'd like to find a reasonably long-term solution. I work night shifts on occasion, and the squeaky doors are bad enough to be heard in the house when I get home at 6am...
Thanks!
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(01-22-2019, 01:27 AM)Big Dave Wrote: What do you guys recommend using to lubricate the rollers on garage doors?
Mine started squeaking a bit more annoyingly over the last month or so, and I'd like to find a reasonably long-term solution. I work night shifts on occasion, and the squeaky doors are bad enough to be heard in the house when I get home at 6am...
Thanks!
Dave
I use this and can't tell you any more than when I was looking it was the one I chose. Seems to work well
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Thanks, Bob!
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(01-22-2019, 03:19 PM)Big Dave Wrote: Thanks, Bob!
I just did mine yesterday because the noise was unbearable. Have to remember to do when it's warm enough for me to feel my fingers.
After reading lots of opinions, I ended up using white lithium grease instead of the silicone stuff. I like that it's not as runny and really like the WD-40 brand because the straw is permanently attached.
But, for me it's usually not the rollers making the noise. The serious noise is usually from the big coil above the garage opening or the things with cable wrapped around them at either end (I think they're called bearing plates). For the rollers, I also found it helps to clean out the old gunk before adding more grease.
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The rollers are replaceable and are not that expensive. I would probably either get earplugs or new rollers.
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Spray lithium grease on the rollers.
Spring lube on the torsion springs, that might be what the pb stuff is for.
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(01-22-2019, 08:53 PM)EdL Wrote: Spray lithium grease on the rollers.
Spring lube on the torsion springs, that might be what the pb stuff is for.
Ed
+1 for the spring, don't forget it. It can bind and break otherwise.
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Thanks, everyone!
I was in Lowe's the other day and picked up a can of the Blaster. It's taken 3-4 applications to the worst of the rollers, but it's moving much quieter now...
Thanks again!
Dave
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