To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door use a stiff brush a toothbrush or a hand vacuum to clean dust from the tracks.
How to fix sliding folding closet doors.
First check the alignment of your closet doors.
Bi fold closet doors are some of the most used doors in your house.
Then mark the anchor pivot pin hole centerlines.
Watch to the end if you want to see the fun part.
Tap the pin back in the hole with a hammer and mount the door in its brackets.
If you see an uneven gap it will require you to raise or lower one of the sides.
Tighten the set screw.
Take down the door and pry the pivot out of the door edge with a flat head screwdriver or pliers.
Stand back five feet or so and examine the gaps on the top and bottom.
There should be an even and uniform separation all the way along the top and bottom.
Sliding closet doors fall off tracks.
If a roller is stuck unscrew and remove it.
Close the wood with a c clamp and leave the clamp on for 3 to 4 hours.
Hold the brace along the door edge with the triangular area on the back of the door.
If the rollers are damaged install replacement rollers available at home centers.
Then the door either sags or falls out of the track.
Spread the crack slightly with the screwdriver and spread carpenter s glue with a toothpick.
Then retighten the screw close the doors and check the fit.
Close the door and again.
Loosen the set screw on the top bracket and slide the bracket slightly along the track to adjust the space between the top of the doors.
Repairing bifold doors begin by inserting the bottom pivot into the bracket which can be screwed to the floor to the door jamb or both.
Lubricate the rollers but not the track because lubricant will act as a magnet for dust.
Slam a bifold door too many times and you can split the wood where the top and bottom anchor and pivot pins sit.
Every home repair must end in fun.
Remove a door by lifting and tilting the bottom out.
Loosen the set screw of the top pivot bracket then move the top of the door toward or away from the door jamb as necessary to make the gap even.
Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers.