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If wheel is off track.Try this. Standing in doorway pull door out a few or so inches. Look up at track and determine which side wheel hooks on. You may be able to see front wheel. Having an idea of how wheel hooks on track hold top of door while pushing bottom of door in with foot. This will raise rear wheel to track. The trick is to try to feel your way to hooking the rear wheel back on track. This may not be easy since wheel assembly usually requires the door be swung out of openning to engage track at an angle, but this may be quick fix without removing door. Good luck!
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In my experience with pocket doors, you will have to remove one pc of trim and one pc of jamb to get the door out and fix it. Here's my best expalnation of how to do it.
First you must determine which side the wheels hook onto the track. The track is open on one side and closed on the other.Take a sharp knife and cut the paint and caulking along the length of the trim to prevent dammage to the drywall or plaster. You then carefully remove the trim and a pc of jamb that is about 1 1/2" wide on the side of the track that is closed. You then close the door completely and lean it out of the opening until you can un-hook it from the track. You then replace BOTH wheel sets as you have now done all the damage anyway, hook it back on,close it up and paint the trim. By the way, this trim is on the side of the door that goes into the wall. That should just about do it. The next time you have to do this you will likely do a better job because you will know what you did wrong this time. Nothing like a bit of experience. Give it a go and have fun.
SteveM
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Got a pocket door that feels like the rear roller is either broken or off the track. How do I get at it? House is about 25 years old. Thanks
*I've got to fix a pocket door. The rear wheels seem to be broken or off the track. Do I have to take off all the trim? Stupid doors.!!
*Not being there to see it, it's hard to say. When I install a pocket door, the head jamb on one side is the last thing to go in. I use 2 brass screews to secure it in place. I don't nail header casing so it can easily be removed to be painted, fixed or what ever. If you can't get the head jamb out, remove the head casing and then the jamb. Pull the door to the closed position and lift it slightly and give a little twist to disengage the wheels from the track. The jamb piece can be replaced easy enough.
*If wheel is off track.Try this. Standing in doorway pull door out a few or so inches. Look up at track and determine which side wheel hooks on. You may be able to see front wheel. Having an idea of how wheel hooks on track hold top of door while pushing bottom of door in with foot. This will raise rear wheel to track. The trick is to try to feel your way to hooking the rear wheel back on track. This may not be easy since wheel assembly usually requires the door be swung out of openning to engage track at an angle, but this may be quick fix without removing door. Good luck!
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This technique has worked for me numerous times, but I have found it needs to be followed with two wacks. One for the door to help it pop back onto the track as I torque on it, and one for the kids who were farting around to cause it to come off the track. Fortunately, the two wheel design has gone the way of the dodo and the four wheel (carriage type)replacements don't seem to cause any problem.
Of course, if the suspension is broken, be prepared for some disassembly, starting with casings and half-jambs. If you get lucky, the installer may have screwed up and made the opening a little big, allowing you to leave the full jamb in place. If this is the case, I think I may have installed that one!
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