Handy Person from New Hampshire
Jul 7, 2016 4:46 pm
Hello,
We've just recently purchased a home that was built in the early 70's. One of our sliding doors is difficult to move, and when I checked the roller assembly's, it appears that one of them is broken, and the other one has had is threads stripped from an attempted adjustment.
There are no markings, or manufacturers listed on either the door frames, or roller assembly's them self. The only manufacturer is on the glass, which was apparently made by Ford Motor Company.
I've enclosed pictures of what the roller assembly's look like, and included a measurement of the bolt spacing of the bolt that holds the roller assembly to the bottom of the door, which appears to be around 1 1/16ths. The side mounting, and adjusting screws appear to be a standard spacing to a roller assembly I tried to install from Lowes.
The roller assembly appears similar to another roller assembly on your site (part number 81-129), but with one important difference. As you can see in the photos, the roller assembly has a pocket on the top of it. The assembly you sell is solid on top (mounts flush with the door frame). The pocket is important, in that on the bottom of the door where the rollers live, there are L shaped brackets riveted to the bottom of the door frame that fit with-in the pocket of the roller assembly. The L brackets also contain the threads that the screw from the bottom of the assembly (seen in one of the photos) screw into.
I'm not sure if these L brackets need to be removed in order to fit a new updated roller assembly (like 81-129), or this is just an obscure part that's obsolete with no replacement options.
I'm an automotive technician by trade, so removing, and modifying things to make new parts work wouldn't be an issue.
Thanks,
Erik
We've just recently purchased a home that was built in the early 70's. One of our sliding doors is difficult to move, and when I checked the roller assembly's, it appears that one of them is broken, and the other one has had is threads stripped from an attempted adjustment.
There are no markings, or manufacturers listed on either the door frames, or roller assembly's them self. The only manufacturer is on the glass, which was apparently made by Ford Motor Company.
I've enclosed pictures of what the roller assembly's look like, and included a measurement of the bolt spacing of the bolt that holds the roller assembly to the bottom of the door, which appears to be around 1 1/16ths. The side mounting, and adjusting screws appear to be a standard spacing to a roller assembly I tried to install from Lowes.
The roller assembly appears similar to another roller assembly on your site (part number 81-129), but with one important difference. As you can see in the photos, the roller assembly has a pocket on the top of it. The assembly you sell is solid on top (mounts flush with the door frame). The pocket is important, in that on the bottom of the door where the rollers live, there are L shaped brackets riveted to the bottom of the door frame that fit with-in the pocket of the roller assembly. The L brackets also contain the threads that the screw from the bottom of the assembly (seen in one of the photos) screw into.
I'm not sure if these L brackets need to be removed in order to fit a new updated roller assembly (like 81-129), or this is just an obscure part that's obsolete with no replacement options.
I'm an automotive technician by trade, so removing, and modifying things to make new parts work wouldn't be an issue.
Thanks,
Erik
![User submitted image of their door hardware.](/images/pictures/2016/07/73972.jpg)
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