How To Install Garage Door Lift Bracket

Showing my newly installed garage door hinges to increase headroom for future install of garage door opener.

How to install garage door lift bracket.

Lift the power unit. Push the cable pin through the round hole from the inside figure 2a. With the cable behind the roller and bracket install the bottom bracket on the garage door. The garage door opener mounting bracket also called the header bracket secures the carriage tube to the wall above the.

Place the bottom section face down on a sturdy pair of padded saw horses figure 2. Install the roller into the bottom bracket and thread the cables behind the rollers on the door. A garage door bracket holds the tracks in place to the garage ceiling or walls that the door runs up and down on. Align the bracket with the holes it was removed from and reinstall the fasteners.

Lift bracket rollers on the bottom left or right hand corner of your garage door the bottom roller and lift bracket assembly is connected to the garage door lift cable so the cable tension must be released before removing the lift bracket. Insert the cable pin into the square hole in the bottom bracket from the inside. Set it securely on top of a stepladder so it s conveniently close to the ceiling. Then insert the looped end of the lift cable onto the cable pin.

Brackets also hold the tensor cables in place that help to keep the door closed and then pull it open when you press your garage door opener. Attach brackets to the ceiling and door and position the end of the rail above the closed door. Ensure to tighten them before proceeding.