I noticed recently that my overhead garage door was  not closing properly.  So I investigated and found that the hinge/roller was broken.   But it had been repaired by a handyman by adding a butt hinge further down the joint.   (handyman as in , "Hey, here's a butt hinge that's handy.")    Anyway the sheet metal bolts on the butt hinge had pulled out.    

 

So I looked and found HD and Lowes both carry "universal fit"  "fits all doors" garage door hinges that accept rollers.  Unfortunately, the come in a #1, #2, #3 and #4 style.  So much for  being "universal," eh?    Short on time, I just picked up one of each and tried to sort it out when I got home.  They all seemed to have different offsets to the roller axle.  Well, the #2 was the closest fit.  The instructions were not terribly helpful.  There was a cryptic IKEA-like diagram INSIDE the blister pack, under the hinge.  It appears that #1 is on the lowest joint, #2 on the next, etc.

 

In case you need to know.  If you know better than my educated guess, enlighten me.

Edited April 19, 20188 yr by kmealy

Roll-up garage doors ,another wonder of the universe.  Mine has the habit of knocking all my lumber leaning against it over when I hit the open button.

Herb

 

Edited April 19, 20188 yr by Dadio

 The mounting brackets are different top to bottom also.  The tracks are not mounted parallel to the door frame so it just presses against the seal when closed. Roly

57 minutes ago, Roly said:

 The mounting brackets are different top to bottom also.  The tracks are not mounted parallel to the door frame so it just presses against the seal when closed. Roly

I didn't know that, good to know,thanks.

 

Herb