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. You will then reattach the j bar to the new operator bracket. Set the bolts aside and lower the broken bracket. Remove the bolts for the railing first before unbolting the bracket itself. We ended up fixing i.

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 5 removing the damaged garage door 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.

Step 6 installing the new garage door bracket. The bracket that connects the push arm of our garage door opener is getting ripped off from the door see picture below. 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. Adjustable to fit different size sections and some are non adjustable and fit specific size doors.

Replacing the small sheet metal screws with fatter ones or better still replacing them with bolts washers and nuts that will show on the other side will get you the best support. The damage to the center of the wood panel appears to be just pulled off layer of paint. 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. Cre8tive hardware 6 pack black plastic garage door decorative magnetic hinge and handle set.

You will then need to attach the new operator bracket to the garage door panel using self tapping screws.