Garage Door Makes Cracking Sound Painted

Over time the coil of a spring can lock preventing smooth operation and causing a popping noise.

Garage door makes cracking sound painted.

With the door open lubricate the spring generously with motor oil and a clean dry cloth. If your garage door makes a popping sound when opening it could be the torsion springs. This is an easy fix. Using a wrench and socket set to retighten these bolts and screws can potentially quiet the garage door almost completely.

The spring coils have rusted and are rubbing together. This causes the popping sound you hear. The garage door noise you are hearing may simply be due to the fact that the door and track supports have loose or missing track bolts and screws causing the door to rattle in its rails. The spring coil over time can lock and prevent smooth operation.

Many garage doors use large torsion springs to assist in opening the door. This loud unsticking door opening noise doesn t seem like a big problem and i suppose it isn t but since i m a night owl so when i open doors it tends to wake my wife up. It s almost as if the paint isn t cured since the sound seems to come from the contact area around the frame where the door touches the doorframe but this house has not been painted in 5 years. Lubricate the torsion springs.

There are a couple of reasons why your door would be making this sound.