My wife tore off her driver’s side mirror backing out of the garage. Next, she hit the garage door backing out because she didn’t wait for the door to finish opening. For months, it made a loud pop as it shut. I tried minor repairs (new hinge and strut), but those didn’t help. Then, she hit the door entering the garage (couldn’t wait an extra second for the opener to do its magic), but that somehow fixed the popping noise. Perhaps I should say, “She fixed it.”
Finally (probably not), I get a call when I’m out of town that she backed into the garage door again because she forgot it was still closed. She thought it must be okay, so she tried opening it. It got stuck about 18” up because it was off the track on one side. It wouldn’t close, so she pulled the release cord and it fell back down. She said it was ready for me to fix when I got back home, but I reminded her that her car would be stranded in the garage for a few days.
I told her to ask our next door neighbor to take a look at it since he’s a home builder. He got it back on track and working. She ran off with him.