Figured out a door adjustment trick on a 12-stop at the old Masonic lodge

I had this elevator door that kept catching on the sill every third or fourth cycle, driving me nuts. After messing with the hanger bolts for an hour, I realized the track had a tiny burr right at the 2-foot mark from the header. Hit it with a jeweler's file and the door glides perfect now. Anyone else run into weird sill issues on old hydraulic setups?

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violaramirez1mo ago

Burrs on the track are the absolute worst, they can make you pull your hair out thinking it's a hanger or alignment issue. I had a similar headache on an old Dover where the track had a little ridge right where the door roller sat when fully open, made it stick every single time you closed it from the top floor. A file fixed it in thirty seconds after two hours of adjusting everything else. Sometimes you just gotta look at the track itself and not assume it's perfect.

finley_gonzalez491mo ago

Is a little burr really worth two hours of your life?

mary_west1mo ago

And @finley_gonzalez49 never had to file a track on a Sunday with the hardware store closed.