Several weeks ago one of the spring cables on my extension spring garage door broke. I weighed the door, realized that the springs that were on there were insufficient, and so I ordered new springs, cables, safety cables, spring pulleys, wall pulleys, and even new brackets for the bottom of the door.
Rewind 4 years ago, I had had someone come out to install an opener (free installation), but they wouldn't do it because the rear hanger was torqued and were afraid that the opener would rip the door right off the track. So I decided to go ahead and take this time now to replace the angle iron holding the track up. It was a good decision, I was able to simply bend the old angle iron back on itself and and snap it off...who ever had installed the door (previous owner) had cut one side of the angle iron and bent it to attempt to hold the track in place.
So I placed 1 piece of angle iron across the rafters, and created a triangle to hold the rear of the track up. It looks good...but I am concerned. In all the pictures I see of track installation, the rafters run parallel with the track, but in my house they run perpendicular. The result, is that this new angle iron won't prevent the door track from moving side to side! Clearly, I need to brace it perpendicular to the track, but I am at a loss as to actually do that.
I am attaching 2 pictures. You can see that the track does not line up perfectly with a rafter. As I don't really have access to above the drywall here, my only thought is ripping the drywall out in those sections, and placing a couple of 2x4's perpendicular between the existing rafters where I need them, and the rehanging this hanger.
I am hoping that someone here might have a better idea before I go ripping things up.
Welcome to the forums! Take a piece of the angle you have left over, or buy new and bolt it to the bottom of the vertical piece a couple of hole up and run it to the joist parallel to it and fasten it up there. You may have to cut and bend the end to get a lag through it, but that should keep the lateral travel to a minimum.
Tags: garage, door, track, hanging, angle iron, piece angle
