Never thought I could be a diy homebody, but, the wife didn’t want to pay for a new screen door set-up and said just try it yourself first , TH-cam university provides soo many course like yours to help first time diy homebodies….i did replace the screen, now I’m gonna replace the plastic wheels that have worn down throughout the years…looks simple enough, thx
Thanks for a helpful video. I'm frustrated trying to get the wheels back on, so your dose of honesty about not getting it the first try was helpful too.
Thanks to your comment about top rollers being only guides, I decided to simply reverse top and bottom of my door. With the hardly worn top rollers on the bottom, I removed the weather strip and reversed its direction, put back in its grove. The flipped door rolls easily without need to remove any rollers, took less than 2 minutes.
It's very true. You can fix most anything in your home. Some people are more mechanically inclined than others. I did my glass door wheels, and didn't even watch a video, just looked at it, took it apart, went to ACE and got the wheels, and put it together. Drive time included it took me about 1.25 hours and $10. And now I know how to do it.
Hey thanks for the video. I found that if you put the little hooks on the guide and pull the wheel assembly, you won’t need the flat head screw driver on the backside while mounting the assembly.
In fact I’m gonna subscribe to you other videos. I do a lot of repairs on my own because I’m poor. The reason for that is because I own a vehicle and have to pay $5.09 for a gallon of gasoline in Washington. God bless
Your video was exactly what I needed to replace my rollers, thank you. I also agree with what you said at the beginning of the video in that most people can do their own home repairs with patience and common sense. This project definitely needed patience but after tinkering with the roller I was able to get it installed after 20 minutes. Of course the second roller only took 3 minutes.
Thank you! This is just what I needed because I couldn't get the old wheel out, but it came out easily with your instructions. Used your how-to videos in the past... super great.
Excellent video. This is exactly what I needed to see to figure out my problem with mine. Thanks for describing and showing that tension screw. I didn't know about that. Thank you.
What is so refreshing about this video is it is done by an actual home owner who encountered problems and just kept the video going. I had a 'ell of a time getting these out but the visuals here gave me what I needed to overcome the POS design. I'm a mechanical engineer and a do it yourself guy. What's the worst case scenario? You try and fix it yourself and fail and end up paying to have it fixed. Like ZERO downside so I agree.. Not much in a home you can't fix yourself. As for the POS design I could come up with a better design in about 10 seconds that would last the life of your house and blow this crap design out of the water. I will use a worn out cliché' ...We can send people to the moon but we can't seem to make a simple screen door that is used about 200 times a day slide in a track freely without failure. Why? because the Chinese never sent anyone to the moon and this is where we get all this crap. We all need to wake up and start realizing the "Global Economy" is a synonym for reducing the quality of everything we do, say, use, see and touch to the lowest common denominator.
there's a lot to unpack there... but yes I agree, try to fix it, if you break it, it was already broke... now you can buy a new one knowing you tried to fix it. :)
I just used a flat head (regular) screw driver to widen the prongs and it came out a lot easier. Ty for the video to show me how the mechanics work on this saving me money on a new screen door.
Thanks! You saved me a few dollars. Didn't know there were rollers on top. Also, found that using a flat bladed screwdriver (3/16") worked really well at spreading those tabs apart to reinstall. Got them both in on the first try! I'm subscribing and checking out your other videos.
Exactly what I did this morning b4 I watched this...took me about a hour to figure it out I thought it was the bottom rail cause it had bits missing from wear and tear but I put the door on upside down to my amazement it rolled perfect so I decided to swap them round with the bottom as I had no spares and the feeling I got when I put the door back on saved over a 100 dollars
Hey thanks for the how-to. This looks easy enough -- so let's see how well I can screw this one up! :-D Seriously - thanks a lot. I know what I have to do now.
The rollers in my screens were riveted to the internal corner pieces which hold the frame together. In other words, the rivet serves as the axel for the plastic roller, so the roller cannot be popped out. The entire assembly must be replaced by removing the screen material and gently hammering apart the door frame corners, removing the whole roller assemblies/frame corners. Then reassembling the frame with the new roller/corner assemblies and re-installing the screen material. In future the new rollers can be popped out without screen frame disassembly.
I have a vinyl door and I replaced with steel wheels. I noticed that they are much noisier than the nylon ones. Do you feel that the steel ones are noisier? Do you have a vinyl door as well?
How ever design these type of roller needs to be shot in the head. So what happens if the base that holds the roller in is stuffed? Or the adjustment screws are stuffed? Shit designed folks.
Might roller issues be the reason behind an uneven screen door that won't stay on its track? The roller on the top right part of the screen won't stay connected to the track. Screen is slightly lopsided.
OK it worked perfectly, Well almost perfectly.....a bit of a struggle on getting one back in but perfect now. Its actually running the smoothest it it has in 8 years !! Thanks
The wheel is supposed to be removed before place the spring loaded brace. Place the brace then the wheel. Cuts the time of removal and installation to seconds.
Thanks for confirming, through your own tremendous difficulties, that this screen door roller design is complete garbage. Whomever originally designed the screen door wheel has earned a spot right next to Sisyphus in Greek Hell. Congrats, though, on getting the wheel in the now-bent-and twisted screen door on your fourth try! I am on my 24th and my screen door looks like it was torn down, run over by an SUV, burned in a fire, and left to rot on an unused patio for sixteen years.
I 100% agree! I've been working on just ONE for three hours. It is now too dark to continue. If I can't get it installed by tomorrow afternoon I going to grab the cat, pack some clothes, lock up the house, and move.
So tighting the adjustment screw makes the wheel more firm or less loose? Kinda meaning keep the screws loose till the screen is on the track, then tighten up the screws?
Thanks for the info , it at least let me know what I was dealing with. Besides the roller popping out upon re assembly. The housing on one of the old wheels is caught behind the lip where the aluminum was folded over to make the bottom seem of the screen door and I can't seem to push it back far enough to get it out from behind the lip. I had to stop and come in for a few minutes before I took a saw to it. I'm reasonably sure that it would cost a hundred bucks or more for that little tantrum so I will let it go until I'm not so frustrated . I agree with the comment about this being an idiot design .
I am not the only gal here, yay! Ok, giving it a try. I like to fix things and I cannot see paying someone for a $5.00 part if I can try it myself. I'll let you know. I hope I don't end up like the other guy with a destroyed door. I won't let it get that far, lol
The part includes the "bracket" and wheel. Usually I go to the store and look over the available parts when I'm unsure of how EXACTLY to fix something. Often times I learn a little something more i that process that gives me confidence. Take a couple pics of what you're trying to fix and take it with you too
true. oiled bottom wheels last summer, gone for three months over a dry winter, oily dirt accumulated around the wheels over that time, sticking problem resulted
Exactly, I use wax based bicycle chain lubricant. These wheels get exposed to a lot of dirt and like a wax lubricated bicycle chain they stay slippery and clean.
Never thought I could be a diy homebody, but, the wife didn’t want to pay for a new screen door set-up and said just try it yourself first , TH-cam university provides soo many course like yours to help first time diy homebodies….i did replace the screen, now I’m gonna replace the plastic wheels that have worn down throughout the years…looks simple enough, thx
Thanks for a helpful video. I'm frustrated trying to get the wheels back on, so your dose of honesty about not getting it the first try was helpful too.
not getting it the first try , and the second try, and the third try, and the....WTF!!!!!!
Thanks to your comment about top rollers being only guides, I decided to simply reverse top and bottom of my door. With the hardly worn top rollers on the bottom, I removed the weather strip and reversed its direction, put back in its grove. The flipped door rolls easily without need to remove any rollers, took less than 2 minutes.
It's very true. You can fix most anything in your home. Some people are more mechanically inclined than others. I did my glass door wheels, and didn't even watch a video, just looked at it, took it apart, went to ACE and got the wheels, and put it together. Drive time included it took me about 1.25 hours and $10. And now I know how to do it.
Even better...you can usually just flip the screen door over, if the springs in the rollers aren't shot.
For the record a pro showed me this replacement awhile back. U did a much bettr and more detailed explanation. T.u.
Hey thanks for the video. I found that if you put the little hooks on the guide and pull the wheel assembly, you won’t need the flat head screw driver on the backside while mounting the assembly.
You are so smart!!!! Switching the top wheel and bottom wheel... pure genius!!!! Thank you!!
You are a freaking rock star! Switching the top wheels with the bottom ones, pure GENUIS! I would have never thought of that. 🙏 thank you.
In fact I’m gonna subscribe to you other videos. I do a lot of repairs on my own because I’m poor. The reason for that is because I own a vehicle and have to pay $5.09 for a gallon of gasoline in Washington. God bless
you're welcome! thanks for the awesome feedback!
Your video was exactly what I needed to replace my rollers, thank you. I also agree with what you said at the beginning of the video in that most people can do their own home repairs with patience and common sense. This project definitely needed patience but after tinkering with the roller I was able to get it installed after 20 minutes. Of course the second roller only took 3 minutes.
Thank you! This is just what I needed because I couldn't get the old wheel out, but it came out easily with your instructions. Used your how-to videos in the past... super great.
Excellent video. This is exactly what I needed to see to figure out my problem with mine. Thanks for describing and showing that tension screw. I didn't know about that. Thank you.
Always using any method is a pain!! Thanks for the honest upload!
Your video made the real difference ! So simple after understanding the magic trick...
Thanks
What is so refreshing about this video is it is done by an actual home owner who encountered problems and just kept the video going. I had a 'ell of a time getting these out but the visuals here gave me what I needed to overcome the POS design. I'm a mechanical engineer and a do it yourself guy. What's the worst case scenario? You try and fix it yourself and fail and end up paying to have it fixed. Like ZERO downside so I agree.. Not much in a home you can't fix yourself.
As for the POS design I could come up with a better design in about 10 seconds that would last the life of your house and blow this crap design out of the water. I will use a worn out cliché' ...We can send people to the moon but we can't seem to make a simple screen door that is used about 200 times a day slide in a track freely without failure. Why? because the Chinese never sent anyone to the moon and this is where we get all this crap. We all need to wake up and start realizing the "Global Economy" is a synonym for reducing the quality of everything we do, say, use, see and touch to the lowest common denominator.
there's a lot to unpack there... but yes I agree, try to fix it, if you break it, it was already broke... now you can buy a new one knowing you tried to fix it. :)
Just fixed our screen door because of this video! Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
Great that you show the problems one can encounter. Good job. Thanks.
Wow, mine was just like that. You were the first video I clicked on. You nailed it. Thank you sir.
Thanks mate. Mine were the smallest bit different, but with your inspiration ……..JOB DONE!
I just used a flat head (regular) screw driver to widen the prongs and it came out a lot easier. Ty for the video to show me how the mechanics work on this saving me money on a new screen door.
no worries, you're very welcome!
Thanks! You saved me a few dollars. Didn't know there were rollers on top. Also, found that using a flat bladed screwdriver (3/16") worked really well at spreading those tabs apart to reinstall. Got them both in on the first try! I'm subscribing and checking out your other videos.
thanks man, I appreciate the feedback...
Thank you for sharing. I must say that if anything was designed for planned obsolescence, it was sliding screens.
Got it on my 4th try also. The secret is to sweet talk then swear at it right before it clicks.
Exactly what I did this morning b4 I watched this...took me about a hour to figure it out I thought it was the bottom rail cause it had bits missing from wear and tear but I put the door on upside down to my amazement it rolled perfect so I decided to swap them round with the bottom as I had no spares and the feeling I got when I put the door back on saved over a 100 dollars
Thanks for your how to video and for showing it does not always work perfectly the first time
Thank you Sirrrrrr😄😄😄😄😄I got it on my first attempt❤️❤️❤️❤️
Somehow you'd think there would be an easier system. Thx for posting this video...
very very helpful video - thank you! Just what I needed to get this P.O.S. out and replaced
worked like a charm. Thank you!
Thanks very much for the info!
Thank you. Very helpful
I probably would get yelled at for lubing it on the carpet! Thanks!
Worked like a charm. Thanks, man.
best part of this video? Magic didn't happen on the first try. I hope I can fix my door on my own. thanks for the info
right!!!?
Thank you amigo, great video!
Well done, big help. Thank you!!!
Great job. Nice video.
Super helpful - thanks!
Good video. My wife would freak if I was doing that job in the living room
You and me both!
Thanks buddy, I appreciate the video 😎
Hey thanks for the how-to. This looks easy enough -- so let's see how well I can screw this one up! :-D Seriously - thanks a lot. I know what I have to do now.
it's that time of year! good luck!
The rollers in my screens were riveted to the internal corner pieces which hold the frame together. In other words, the rivet serves as the axel for the plastic roller, so the roller cannot be popped out. The entire assembly must be replaced by removing the screen material and gently hammering apart the door frame corners, removing the whole roller assemblies/frame corners. Then reassembling the frame with the new roller/corner assemblies and re-installing the screen material. In future the new rollers can be popped out without screen frame disassembly.
Just add wheels from under with screwed frame.
Raise old wheels up.
I owe you a beer.
Right on buddy, I appreciate the video 😞
I have a vinyl door and I replaced with steel wheels. I noticed that they are much noisier than the nylon ones. Do you feel that the steel ones are noisier? Do you have a vinyl door as well?
Thank you for this video! Works like a charm!
How ever design these type of roller needs to be shot in the head. So what happens if the base that holds the roller in is stuffed? Or the adjustment screws are stuffed? Shit designed folks.
Thanks dude!!!
Might roller issues be the reason behind an uneven screen door that won't stay on its track? The roller on the top right part of the screen won't stay connected to the track. Screen is slightly lopsided.
Thanks for the video, Wish me luck !!
OK it worked perfectly, Well almost perfectly.....a bit of a struggle on getting one back in but perfect now. Its actually running the smoothest it it has in 8 years !! Thanks
Awesome. I love that if you tinker with something that seems broken ... You can many time Fix It! Good job!!!
The wheel is supposed to be removed before place the spring loaded brace. Place the brace then the wheel. Cuts the time of removal and installation to seconds.
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My screen door has plastic rails which are broken. Is there anything you can do about that?
Awesome
Thanks for confirming, through your own tremendous difficulties, that this screen door roller design is complete garbage. Whomever originally designed the screen door wheel has earned a spot right next to Sisyphus in Greek Hell. Congrats, though, on getting the wheel in the now-bent-and twisted screen door on your fourth try! I am on my 24th and my screen door looks like it was torn down, run over by an SUV, burned in a fire, and left to rot on an unused patio for sixteen years.
Keisuke Hoashi , I've been seeing your comments on almost every screen door video i click 😂. Best of luck dealing with your screen door!
Yep. Crappy plastic wheels. And, in my case, also designed so as not be replaced easily by the home handyman.
Too funny 😂
I 100% agree! I've been working on just ONE for three hours. It is now too dark to continue. If I can't get it installed by tomorrow afternoon I going to grab the cat, pack some clothes, lock up the house, and move.
I'm gonna burn my house down to spite my screen door.
what do you do if the part the roller clips onto is missing?
What size rollers are those one inch
dude thanks!
So tighting the adjustment screw makes the wheel more firm or less loose? Kinda meaning keep the screws loose till the screen is on the track, then tighten up the screws?
each model is different... but you will quickly see if tightening or loosing raises or lowers. just gotta work slow and use your wits.
Thanks for the info , it at least let me know what I was dealing with. Besides the roller popping out upon re assembly. The housing on one of the old wheels is caught behind the lip where the aluminum was folded over to make the bottom seem of the screen door and I can't seem to push it back far enough to get it out from behind the lip. I had to stop and come in for a few minutes before I took a saw to it. I'm reasonably sure that it would cost a hundred bucks or more for that little tantrum so I will let it go until I'm not so frustrated . I agree with the comment about this being an idiot design .
Yes.I agree to the guy said that the screen roller desigm is real garbage.Just roller why did the factories do not make it simple?
Just add wheels from under with screwed frame.
Raise old wheels up.
🙏🏻
I am not the only gal here, yay! Ok, giving it a try. I like to fix things and I cannot see paying someone for a $5.00 part if I can try it myself.
I'll let you know. I hope I don't end up like the other guy with a destroyed door. I won't let it get that far, lol
Our pinch thing broke that the wheel attaches too & I don’t know what to buy as a replacement. Can you direct me ?
Just go to home depot and ask for screen door replacement rollers or wheels. Don't over think it... it's a generic part. YOU GOT THIS!
The part includes the "bracket" and wheel. Usually I go to the store and look over the available parts when I'm unsure of how EXACTLY to fix something. Often times I learn a little something more i that process that gives me confidence. Take a couple pics of what you're trying to fix and take it with you too
Then you
Yeah I just said fuck it and turned it upside down works like a charm thanks for pointing the finger to the second set of wheels at the top lmao
oil collects dirt. Use furniture Polish
cool tip!... thx
true. oiled bottom wheels last summer, gone for three months over a dry winter, oily dirt accumulated around the wheels over that time, sticking problem resulted
Exactly, I use wax based bicycle chain lubricant. These wheels get exposed to a lot of dirt and like a wax lubricated bicycle chain they stay slippery and clean.
Cringe intro but ya know, thanks. Helped.
Spongies, little pokies.....come on. Whats with the bare feet?
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Where do we buy