If you re not sure whether the door is straight pull it.
Sliding patio door wheel adjustment.
Maintaining sliding closet doors.
Replacing wheels is easy and takes less than an hour.
This diy video demonstrates how to clean lube and adjust the wheels on a screen door so that it slides without binding and so it stays on the track.
By the time you re finished the door should be sitting perfectly level on the track and there should be an equal amount of space between the door and the track on both the top and bottom.
But putting an end to the drag is no drag at all.
Because sliding doors don t fold out the way bifold doors do they allow access to only half the width of the opening at a time.
It may take a few attempts before you get the door rolling without resistance.
Then try adjusting the wheels photo 5.
The best time to be sure a sliding patio door is properly adjusted is before it starts sticking in its track or hopping out of it.
First make sure the track for the wheels is clean.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding door may be necessary to keep the door operating smoothly.
If your sliding patio door is hard to slide while opening and closing the rollers may need be to adjusted.
Sliding closet doors operate on rollers that are positioned in tracks at the top jamb and floor allowing the doors to bypass each other in the tracks.
Continue adjusting the rollers until the door glides smoothly.
Open the door slightly and look at the reveal or.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
If the door still drags or it s obvious a wheel is broken it s time to replace the wheels and do a patio screen door replacement.