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Do you ever just let your car go without an oil change for tens of thousands of miles? No, right? A garage door is much like a car in that it requires routine maintenance to function properly, thus reducing the chance of failure. Every garage door requires lubrication every 30-60 days to ensure that all the moving parts ( the hinges, drums, cables, rollers, bearings, and springs) minimize wear. Wear is failure just waiting to happen. The last thing that most of our customers want to do is spend money repairing a garage door. Just think, this is all preventable. Go down to the local hardware store and grab some lubricant, preferably garage door specific, and put the garage door on your to do list. Another good practice to get into is checking the integrity of your garage door while performing the lubrication. Look at all the nuts and bolts on the garage to ensure they are not loose. If they are then tighten them until snug. Check the garage door springs by bringing the door to the half way point and letting it go. The garage door should stay. If it does not then your door is "out of balance" and requires more tension on the springs. Ensure that the rollers roll smoothly and that they are not wearing. Check them for side play. These are the only thing holding that garage door above yourself when the door is overhead. If worn do not hesitate to replace them. Take a look at the cable for signs of kinking and fraying. These hold the tension of the springs so they are of the uttermost importance. Look over the door for signs of cracks or sagging. Many times a simple strut support can fix these problems from further damage, thus preventing our customers from having to buy a new garage door prematurely. Last but not least, check the tracks to make sure that they are not coming loose from the mounting points on the walls. Hope this helps.