How To Fix a Storm Door Closer Jam (Wright V2012)

jams are a positive thing I love them NBA Jam grape jam Jam Master Jay Pearl Jam but when jams happen with mechanical things and other operating things in our lives they are no fun and that's what happened to me with my storm door closer it got jammed and this will happen with storm doors screen doors during incidents like the one I had where a lot of wind happened shot the storm door open and led to a gym for this my storm door closer now this closer is one of the pneumatic I'll one push types of closers so this allows you to just push with your feet on the storm door and then it can stay in place and retract once you push it again and try to close it so what happened in this case was that this portion which is what retracts was just jammed into place and so what you need to do in order to fix that which I've already fixed this one but I'll show you how I went about doing it is first of all you want to remove your closer from the door all that needs to be done is there are pins that attach this closer to the door so you'll remove the pin from this hole on this side as well as from the portion that retracts of the closer now this is a closer made by right they make many products related to storm door closers so this is a very normal brand but any other ones that are kind of this one push-button type of closer this can work in the same situation that's what you want to do in this case what happened with me was that this portion that was jutting out was jammed usually this retracts back in as the door closes but it was jammed so how do I resolve that to make sure that the retracting ability now works again well all you need to do is to grab a screwdriver or in this case I'm gonna go ahead and use an allen wrench that fits into the hole that is part of the retracting porch of the closer and then all you really need to do is in this case as an example this was pushed out like this and it was jammed so all you need to do is to put that allen wrench in when it's jammed and start to try to move it a hundred and eighty degrees as it does it's going to start locking getting back into the right place and unjam and then as you can see as you can maybe hear it it's going to start slowly retracting as it would with the door and so what do you want it to be able to do is to get out of that Jam and be able to retract back in to the place that you want it to be as if the door were closed so that helps you resolve a closer jam for one of these types of closers a pneumatic one push closer unfortunately my case with how bad the wind was my issue wasn't actually the closer it was also the bracket which the closer attaches to into the wall that bent so that had an effect and was ultimately what caused the jam and the closer for me so I've got to change out that bracket but the big thing here is I don't have to change out and buy a new closer the jam wasn't affecting the closure as a whole you're able to adjust it just using that little fix and so that's something where if you're having this issue with the closer because of some sort of incident and it jams like that just try out this little fix and maybe it'll resolve your issue with your closer and you don't have to buy a new closer so hopefully this helps you out hopefully your out of a jam into more of an NBA Jam that we enjoy and hopefully you're closer doesn't end up being like Armando Benitez hey if you have any more questions feel free to comment below if you liked it please like this video and you know just comment subscribe to the channel all that jazz that comes with these fixes videos that I do in conclusion hey hope your closer is like Mariano Rivera now

Channel: Sumukh Torgalkar

Views: 304,189

Keywords: screen door, storm door, closer, door closer, wright, jam, Armando benitez, mariano rivera, stuck, diy, v2012, v2010, hgtv

Id: FRwfmn-6oXY

Length: 4min 30sec (270 seconds)

Published: Thu May 14 2020