Original slider door repair (tips and spare parts needed.)
One of my sliders needs the wheels repaired or replaced.
How do I remove the slider?
Most modern sliders are slid full open, then the slider lifts up and in at the bottom to remove. It doesn't look like this works.
Are any parts available? I think one wheel is simply worn out. Two new wheels would keep it going.
Thank you in advance,
Kevin
P.S. If you ware replacing your old slider, I would be like to get the old parts.
I purchased exact replacements for my rollers at a shop in San Jose. E-mail for referral. Getting the slider off was as simple as lifting the unlocked slider up off the track and pulling out. There are certainly differences so I do not know what is causing the difficulty with yours. E-mail: cadstream AT yahoo.com
I have had the lock on my living room slider door repaired 3 or 4 times by a person who says he is an Arcadia Lock specialist.
The lock repair holds and works for a few months then it doesn't lock anymore and needs to be repaired again. This person charges approximately $150 per repair, which is getting to be rather expensive.
Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there any way the sliding doors can be locked any other way without using the actual door lock. Or do U know of anyone who can fix them more permanently (better)?
Because of the way they are manufactured or installed, one is unable to insert a piece of wood to prevent the door from being opened.
If anyone has any ideas, experience, or solutions, pls. email me: [email protected] or phone me at 916-454-2622.
I will be eternally grateful. Joanie
(@joanne)... the lock itself is a pretty simple mechanism. i can't imagine what would cause it to repeatedly break unless there's something binding on the inside putting undue stress on the internals. perhaps you can post specifically what's breaking/happening.
(re: piece of wood)... the previous owners installed a "nite lock pin" on our doors (actually, they used a nail). here's a link or you can search the web for "nite lock pin"... it necessitated drilling a hole through the aluminum frame into the next frame, but it works well (and we already had the hole).
on the topic of locks, we were delighted to find that the internals of modern deadbolts fit into the vintage aluminum cylinder of the keyed-slider lock -- pop the "core" out of the new oversized housing and slide it into the handle... it saved calling in a locksmith. we bought a pair of 2-packs of defiant-brand locks from the bigbox (look for matching key-codes) and we now have 4 keyed-alike knobs and deadbolts to use around the house: front door, bath door, gate, etc.
