Broken Garage Door Arm Bracket

One morning on our way out for the day we tried to open the garage door but the opener pulled out of the door and broke the door mount.

Broken garage door arm bracket.

Consult a manual you can probably google the one for yours if you can t find it to figure out the proper placement of this item on your garage door. While the damaged bracket is being held up by the second step ladder remove it by using the socket wrench. We ended up fixing i. Remove the bolts for the railing first before unbolting the bracket itself.

The bracket is screwed to these edges. By using the top steel reinforcement and this new vertical bracket the door will be repaired and no replacement. Step 6 installing the new garage door bracket. The damage to the center of the wood panel appears to be just pulled off layer of paint.

Adjustable to fit different size sections and some are non adjustable and fit specific size doors. You will then need to attach the new operator bracket to the garage door panel using self tapping screws. Set the bolts aside and lower the broken bracket. To install a new operator bracket you will need to remove the old j bar bracket after disconnecting the j bar from the garage door.

To attach it to your door and arm you ll need three screws the arm itself and the small horizontal bar that goes through the middle. For pricing and availability. Dura lift 0 234 in x 2 in left and right wound 2 pack brown steel garage door torsion spring. You will then reattach the j bar to the new operator bracket.

The bracket that connects the push arm of our garage door opener is getting ripped off from the door see picture below.