How To Adjust Andersen Sliding Door Rollers

Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.

How to adjust andersen sliding door rollers.

Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends. Clean the sliding glass door track. Standard sliding glass doors all have tracks. Open the door several inches and insert a pencil between the inside and outside.

If you think dirty rollers might be the culprit remove the door from the tracks and clean them with rubbing alcohol. When rollers are halfway installed take a wooden block do not use a hammer and knock rollers all the way into mortise. For more information on the r. How to adjust sliding glass door rollers for a smoother.

Close the door on the pencil. How to adjust a sliding glass door. This video shows the basics of removing rollers in an andersen sliding door and replacing them with aftermarket tandem rollers. The gap between the door frame and the sliding panel should be the same from the top to bottom of door.

If installing direct andersen replacement rollers no screws are required. If the operating panel moves stiffly it may be dragging slightly because the door is out of adjustment to adjust it remove the caps located on the interior bottom rail of the door insert a flat blade screwdriver and turn the screwdriver clockwise to raise the panel or counterclockwise to lower the panel fig. If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction. Try using a screwdriver to adjust the height of the rollers until the door glides easily through a full range of motion.

Be sure to give the tracks themselves a good scrub with a wire brush while you re at it. Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller. Insert rollers into mortise in bottom of door making sure to line up center screw on rollers with adjustment hole. Operation and adjustment replacement repair and reglazing instructions for andersen windows and patio doors.