Bifold Door Pivot Repair
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- čas přidán 6. 01. 2018
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Very common for the pivots of a bi-fold door to become damaged but don’t run out and buy an entirely new door set until you watch this video! In this instance, the bi-fold was damaged but with less than $10 dollars in hardware and 15 minutes we were able to return the bi-fold door to better than new condition. You can do it!
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It's 2021 and this is the only YT video I found that acknowledges that the Bi-Fold Door repair bracket exists. I was able to source the 1-1/8" version for my door from the same manufacturer (Prime-Line). Thanks again.
I believe you are installing the bracket backwards. The MDF is only filling the ends of the door, but there is solid wood on the long edges of each door section. You can see the end of the wood. If you flip that bracket around so it is somewhat even with the edge of the door, then you can scew into solid wood and the larger hole will be perfectly positioned for the pivot or roller piece. That is how they designed these brackets to be installed. They never intended for you to screw into MDF which is why they only provide one screw hole, and it stays positioned with the help of the bent edges. I have seen several of these videos and they all install them incorrectly and end up having to use other hardware to secure the thing.
This has got to be higher up in the comments! Was looking for someone else that noticed
I loved the way you improvised the repair with the toggle-bolt secure fastener; it was much better than a scrawny screw. Rental property can take quite some abuse from the most well-meaning tenants. It’s better to reinforce and/or protect the things you have to repair with extra secure measures. 👌💪🏽🤓
Yeah, the poor bifold doors really get a workout in rental properties for sure. Hard to beef things up too much when repairing rentals.
I am so glad I watched this video! Had I not watched it, I would not have been aware of the repair brackets, as the home improvement big box stores do not carry them. Thank you for the Amazon link to the repair brackets. They work like a charm.
Home Depot does not have those parts in stock at the store, but they can be ordered online and you can use their free ship to store to avoid shipping charges if you do choose. And when you look up that part through Home Depot, you get some other options that are similar for repairing bi-fold door corners.
Watched you video a few years back and it's still holding strong. Had another door do the same thing so I looked up the repair and found your video again. Thanks again for the awesome in-depth video!!!
You provided the exact fix I needed for my door. The hole for the pivot had opened up like yours and your video is the only one that dealt with that issue. Thanks a lot. Great video and you are great at presenting everything.
Glad we could help!
Back in the 90s the pivots were plastic -- i have been going nuts every few years trying to fix them. Thanks!! This helps!!!
I brought recently old home, and this was the exact video i am looking to fix a big hole. That bracket really helped me. I loved your videos, and putting in simple terms. I was able to fix that for $4 (bracket cost). Thank you scott.
Hey Ram, really happy the video helped you out. Congrats on your home purchase!
The best video that I have seen of repairing pivot holes broken.
Thank you! I was about to go buy a new door until I decided to check CZcams!!! :)
Hey Paul good to hear and glad we could help!
Thanks for providing a solution that didn't involve tearing out the wood and replacing it. I was looking for exactly this, I was just going to try and find a washer that was the right size to keep the plastic from falling through the wood. This is better.
Best video to fix a bi fold door!!! Thank you. It seems like once one fails the rest will do the same.
Love how you started information immediately in video. Thnx!
exactly the same issue i had...great video and love the improvisation with the toggle bolt..i will definitely be doing that too because my door also has MDF there. THANK U!
This was excellent! My bi-fold doors failed within the first year and I was struggling with how to fix the damaged composite material. Thank you for sharing this!
i had no idea these brackets existed. i looked for a new door but cant find one in the size i need (old door) now, i can fix mine! thank you!
Thank you soooooo much! You saved me money. I thought for sure I would have to buy a whole new door. Great explanation and instruction. You have a new subscriber here!
Hey Mari, saving you time and money is exactly our focus and purpose for the channel 🎯 . Best of luck on future repairs/projects.
How do you not have more subscribers? Useful info, presented well. I hope you keep making videos!
Ha! Yeah, why the heck aren’t the subs rolling in : ) think with a new channel the climb is a little slow at the start. Thanks for the positive comments and I will keep the videos coming.
Thanks! A $5 fix over a new door sounds great to me!
You rock bro! Fixing this exact issue tomorrow on my rental
Thanks, Scott!My home has pre MDF red oak veneer bifolds. I didn't think they made repair parts!
Thank you so much for this video! This is exactly what I needed.
Excellent. Just what I needed. Subscribed!
Thanks for the video! I'm going to fix our doors tonight with the info you just provided me.
Hey Jamie, glad the video helped. Best of luck on your repair!
best video out their so far thanks on fixing the bi fold pivot thanks again
Hey Bino713,
Thanks for the kind words and glad you found the video useful. Best of luck in your home repair projects!
Thank you! This is an easy repair after seeing you demonstrate it!
Glad it helped 👍
thanks for the tip. didn't know about the brackets... Was looking at a Winged type roller for repair. this is better way.
Hey Jim, glad the video helped!
Thanks for this video. I am planning to fix mine tonight as well :)
No Problem Nippun!
Thanks! I have had this problem for 3 years in a rental home. I did not see this bracket at our local "home improvement" stores. I fixed it two years ago with a specific type of very hard Liquid Nails but now it has again reared its ugly head. Now I know what to look for!
Hey Dan, sounds like your situation is pretty much exactly what I was facing. I also found a wide assortment of bifold door hardware at my local home improvement stores (Lowes, Home Depot, and Menards) but was not able to find this bracket. If you expand the description above you will find a couple links to what I purchased on Amazon. Best of Luck in your repairs!
I did find it on Amazon and according to the Internet the local home depot carries them as well. I have ordered two of them.
I believe the screw is supposed to go into 1.5 x1.5 Inch side " solid" piece but I think your way is better as these doors are made of paper board unfortunately.
As long as you have time to figure things out. I think this was a good lesson.
I second Paul Miller! I have similar problem, but with the lower pivot off the jamb. Thx for the informative video!!
Hey Faiyaz, yeah I have seen the lower adjustable pivot get damaged as well in the past. That one might actually be the most common in terms of failure since it supports the majority of the door weight.
@@EverydayHomeRepairs I have the same issue as the comment above with the lower pivot. I would assume a similar fix could be done, just flipped? Great video!
@@ryanhamlin5637 exactly. Let us know if the bracket works well on the lower pivot. Thanks!
Great tips, especially about using the bracket and attaching it with a toggle bolt, and using a saw horses to support the door while repairing it. It's hard to work on these doors while standing on a ladder.
Two questions - First, would it help the longevity of the repair if Bondo was used as a filler in the wallowed-out hole in the MDF to reduce the wear and tear on the plastic bushing that goes through the metal bracket? An easy repair when the door is laying flat on the saw horse. Second, are all toggle bolts of the same strength and durability, or should we DIYers be looking for high-strength toggle bolts, to reduce the frequency of future repairs and/or door adjustments?
Thanks for taking the time to make and share this video!
P.S. Sometimes, a coating of thin CA glue will firm up a weakened wood substrait; and since MDF is made of wood fiber glued together under high pressure and heat, it seems that an application of CA glue could strengthen the whole area around the wallowed-out hole in the MDF.
Great info, going to give it a try, Thanks
Great video with great tips, thanks!
Thanks!
9:04 Works great. My Ace Hardware has these, box stores don’t. My door is slightly too wide for bracket, no idea why. I bent ears out before install and then hammered them “gently” back after, not perfect but doable. Furnished screw is junk, needs Phillips 0 driver which doesn’t seem available for electric drivers.
Great informative video, thanks.
Looking forward to fixing my door this way.. how did you enlarge the hole to acommodate the winged screw? I would like to do the same but don't want to have to buy a special bit.. thanks!
Very useful, thank you.
The guide wheel was broken. The handyman pried out the top pivot. The MDF was damaged and the pivot failed. I’m going to order these parts and fix it myself. Thank you
Thank you for the video!
Great video as usual, Thanks a lot
Yes....oh i was thinking there must be a way. I added hinges to some of my doors as an solution but this is better👍
🙌
very helpful thanks for
the insight
appreciate this video so much and am trying it out! I experienced a few minor hiccups:
- first, the bracket was not available in my country - I had to order it from Amazon from a US shop and pay a lot for shipping. but still cheaper than buying a new door of course!
- Second, the bracket was an almost impossible tight squeeze and I finally managed to hammer it to slide onto my door but the "slide" motion of the tight bracket scraped the excess surface in the process (but not too noticeable from a distance considering the location of the bracket)
- third the bushing for a 3/8" pivot was too big to catch onto my existing pivot. but it did not have a plastic anchor. I have ordered a new pivot that comes with an anchor and hopefully that will fit into the bushing. In my country all of the pivots online locally are listed in metric so I ordered a "1cm" and hope that is equivalent.
Updated to add: it worked! a "1cm" pivot and plastic anchor set fit into the bushing and the door hole and all is well. So much more affordable than purchasing an entire new door.
Nice, sorry it took me so long to get to your comment but happy to see you got it to work without having to get a whole new bifold door 👍
It seems that bi-fold doors are gatbage all around the world and not just in the US, lol! So how did your doors finally turn out?
Thank you for your help!
Thank you . I had this.problem long time ago . 😃😃😃😃
Thank you!
nice job.. i have the same problem....
Thank You Sir
Thank you!!
Never knew this type of bracket existed. I believe you installed it backwards though. The supplied screw would work fine in the solid wood at the leading edge.
mine are MDF not solid wood, I personally wouldn't trust a screw with threads that shallow
Thanks, very useful
You're welcome!
Good job !
Awesome. You've turned me into a home repair animal. I can't find anyone in my area who wants to work and fix things anyway and feels great to be able to do it myself. Many thanks for your great videos. Also love the Klein 7 in 1 and 14 in 1 screwdrivers that you recommended.
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for the helpful video! Like others I didn't know those repair brackets existed so very good to know. Only thing I am wondering is whether if you had rotated the bracket 180 degrees so the small mounting hole was aligned with the solid wood on the edge of the door if the large hole would have aligned with the damaged hole where the pivot pin fits. If so, there would not be any need for the toggle bolt. Either way, very good to know!
There is no solid wood at the edge of the door. That's MDF as well and it won't hold the screw very long until it's loose.
can repair brackets be used on the bottom pivot?
Hi Scott, thanks so much for the video and say you got an instant sub when I saw how you mounted that bracket.
I was wondering if you might be able to provide some insight into a slightly different issue with a bi-fold a friend asked me to look at.
The door came off at the roller end due to a bent track, and the pivot popped out. Everything looks good after I straightened the track, but when I seat the pivot side onto the floor bracket, the spring loaded pivot doesn't reach the top mount point. The pivot spring is fine and fully extends, so I can't fot the life of me figure out what's wrong because the only damage was the bent track.
Any ideas for a fix? Much appreciated!
Edit: forgot to add, the top pivot mount hasn't moved at all, it's still nice and secure and perfectly aligned with the floor mount point.
I have had this. I will tell you how it might have happened - carpeting may have been there previously and removed; the door was cut short to slide over the carpeting.
The fix is to remove the floor bracket and put a piece of wood underneath the floor bracket when you reinstall the floor bracket. It elevates that corner so that the pivots engage as they are supposed to.
If you turn the bracket, then you can screw into the solid wood part of the door?
Hey Crypto430,
Yeah, screwing into the solid wood opposed to the MDF board would make for a more secure hold. I think you could do this with the bracket I used in this video but you might need to trim the bracket a bit and drill a new hole for the screw to ensure the bracket does not have an overhang.
Thank you so much - really helped me out!
No problem Susan, glad we could help.
@@EverydayHomeRepairs Hey, I just pulled out your video once again today to do the same thing to the other pivot on the door you helped me with three years ago. Worked perfectly again. THANKS AGAIN!!!
What about the bottom..I got same situacion and need to repair
Can you provide the link for the kit to make this repair. Lowe's doesn't have it 🙁I checked your Amazon page...
The side of my door with the wheel just hangs free, is the wheel supposed to actually snap into the track? The bifold panels are definitely not square. The left side is 1 inch higher than the right side which leaves the door dangling. Because of the 1inch difference, the wheel doesn't really do anything.
Hi Rona J, yep the the wheel should fit into the track and that is what will ensure the bifold door opens and closes properly. Often these doors can get misaligned because the adjustments either weren't done properly initially or have moved over time. Take a look at this video czcams.com/video/BGPy7z5ouLk/video.html which will show you a couple adjustment points that should help you get that wheel back "on track." 😉
CZcams over here reading my mind 😂😅
Great video!
Thanks, big brother is always listening and watching 👀 😂
My top pivot isn't staying in place. There's no bottom pivot piece at all in any of the closer door. I keep pushing up and nothing. No clicking or anything.
Hi JC, are you sure you have this style of bi-fold door? Some closet doors hang from a track opposed to the top and bottom pivots.
That misaligned ceiling tile bothered me so much, I just couldn't pay attention for first couple of mins :)
Nice job..but wished you would've shown how to enlarge the hole in the bracket..that is bound to be an issue for a lot of folks.
Can you use this technique on the bottom of the door as well?
Depending on the condition of the original hole you should be able to use the small bracket with success. Best of luck!
@@EverydayHomeRepairs yep worked just fine w/ the bottom!
@@user65783 Thanks for confirming!
Lots of folks having bifold door problems; not just myself.
Can't see the detail of the fix...would be better with more close up shots
An easier way to do the repair is to cut the fiberboard out with a razor knife and glue a solid piece of pine in it's place. The whole repair takes about 10 minutes not including glue drying time.
Hey Eric, great tip! Do you usually put staple through the fiberboard into the piece of pine then let the glue setup or just glue?
I remove the whole bottom piece and then glue and clamp the pine in place. After the glue fries, just drill a new hole for the pin and rehang the door
@@ericspfd1 I like it! Thanks for the comments Eric. Appreciate the additional experience and insight.
Why not flip the plate 180 degrees and just use the supplied wood screw into the door's vertical stile? Probably will be solid wood.
Talk about over engineering. The toggle bolt is A belt and suspenders fix
Really wish I saw this 10 min ago.
Did you buy a new door?
This is a great idea, but I dont have a drill to make a hole. Can I NOT use the extra piece you bought and just use the screw that came with the bracket? I have TWO doors out of commission like this....smh
Hi Leslie, yes you can and if it is possible to position the hole / screw to be secured in solid wood you should be fine. Best of luck!
@@EverydayHomeRepairs Thanks! This may save me from buying new doors🚪🚪🔪🔪⛏⛏
Not all bifold doors come with rollers. I have never had a bifold door brand new come with top rollers.
Someone really yanked that out?
There is a much better more permeant fix. Drill out the damaged hole and plug it with a dowel. Cut off the dowel flush and re-drill a 7/16" hole. Install the new roller. So much better than that "Fix It" kit and butterfly nut (bount to brake for the next renter - you'll be fixing this one again).
Hey Ted, thanks for the feedback and I agree that sounds like a better / more permanent solution. Especially when dealing with rental property.
Andy Kaufman....
Whoever the F invented this bifold shitty hardware always breaks. Everywhere.
Too much talking in the lead in. No views or info on the bottom pivot.
subed :D
Noice!
They’re made of shit. I could literally make it myself. I’m actually a wood worker
Lowes sells the cheapest and crappiest bifold doors for more money than they're worth. I made that mistake once. Never again.
Thank you!