Blowing grit, citrus era garages, wide new tracts
Santa Ana wind funneling down off the pass is the constant here, and it drives grit into rollers, bearings and track that would otherwise run clean for years. Older blocks in Upland, Claremont, Ontario and Montclair date to the citrus era and still have narrow single openings, low headroom and detached garages, so a replacement there is as much about framing and track as it is about the door itself. Eastvale, Chino Hills and the newer parts of Rancho Cucamonga and Chino run the opposite way, with wide double and three car doors on heavier springs, where one broken torsion spring or a tired opener takes the whole garage out of service.
A broken torsion spring on a wide door takes the whole garage out of service, which is why spring repair leads here. Grit driven down off the pass keeps rollers and track close behind. Replacements in the older Upland and Claremont blocks are as much a framing and track job as a door job.
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