Nylon Or Steel Garage Door Rollers

All dura lift garage door rollers feature premium nylon wheels to reduce noise while opening and closing the garage door.

Nylon or steel garage door rollers. Nylon rollers are expensive. On average they are rated at 75 lbs per roller and good for 10 000 15 000 cycles. For sleek and modern residential garage doors you may prefer nylon rollers. Nylon rollers on the other hand are the quietest type of garage door rollers yet devised.

They need regular lubrication for smooth operations. A steel roller in a steel garage door track tends to make more noise than nylon against steel. Steel rollers are cheaper than the nylon garage door rollers. Even if your garage door frame has rust on it the nylon rollers will pass over it fairly easily.

In addition to the durability nylon rollers are just as strong as steel rollers. The dura lift ultra life 2 inch nylon garage door roller 10 pack is the ultimate roller to quiet and prolong the life of your garage door. The price also depends on the presence and number of the ball bearings too. The cost of steel garage door rollers is much lower than the cost of nylon ones.

Nylon rollers also typically have 10 13 ball bearings inside which further mitigates noise levels. Both steel and nylon rollers will look good. Nylon garage door rollers last longer. That doesn t mean that all steel rollers are very cheap.

Exposed ball bearings provide a lubrication point for the life of the roller. If the thought of changing your garage door rollers every few years gives you a headache then stick with the steel rollers since you can get around 20 years out of them. Steel rollers are best for heavy duty usage i e. The garage door roller made up of nylon on the other hand is best suited for noise free operations.

With a caged 6200z 8 ball bearing that is rated for 150 000 door open close cycles for a 110 pound door this roller is 10x stronger than the average of 10 000 door cycles for other rollers. From the standard 13 ball bearing roller dlr13 to the high weight and high cycle 6200zz bearing rollers we truly stock the highest quality rollers available on the market today. Because nylon can t corrode or rust nylon garage door rollers are less susceptible to moisture damage than steel rollers. Steel is a much harder material than nylon so steel garage door rollers will last a lot longer than their nylon counterparts.

Steel rollers are rough and tough as compared to the nylon garage door rollers. If you compare both of them you will notice that the steel rollers come in a little less cost even of the same size style and type. Material of the garage door roller garage door rollers can be made up of alloys like steel or nylon made.