If your garage door is making a loud noise is most likely not the hinges. If a hinge is making a loud noise you need to look at it and see if it is still in tact or broken or very rusty. These are the only things that I can think of that would make a hinge make any noise at all. I have absolutely seen broken or bent hinges make the garage door panels make loud noises but never the hinges themselves. Anytime A garage door hinge makes any noise the first thing you should do is properly lubricate the hinges all of the hinges on the garage door with a spray lubricant.

When a hinge on edge of the garage door makes noise

If a hinge on the left or right hand edge of the garage door is making noise it might be one of the rollers that is either broken or not properly lubricated and it sounds like the noise is coming from the hinge but it might actually be the roller. If you live in a coastal region then you should always make sure that your hinges rollers track are lubricated properly on a regular basis because of the salt air just destroys the steal of a garage door very quickly. Do not ever use thick grease to lubricate your garage door always use a spray lubricant thick Greece is just messy and is overkill and it tends to collect a lot of dirt, dust and debris. If you just have one or two broken hinges then you can probably find them at Lowes or Home Depot which they are sold individually and I’m pretty sure they just sell number 1 hinges. I don’t know if they sell number two or number three or number four hinges.

garage door hinges have a number stamped

All garage door hinges have a number stamped on them 1,2,3 or 4 or sometimes five and six if you have a really tall garage door. These are the hinges that you will find On the left and right hand side of the garage door. The number one hinges will be on the bottom panel and then 1,2,3 and 4 will progressively go up. The hinges located on the left and right hand side most of the time are the ones that get damaged or broken because they hold the full weight of the garage door when it is in the up position. If you cannot Find any other hinges except number one hinges then you will probably have to call a garage door company or maybe even try to find them online somewhere. If you are going to replace the garage door hinges yourself there are a few things you need to keep in mind. When replacing the hinges on the left or right-hand side of the garage door you have to put the roller stem back into the same slot it came out of it is always the outermost slot if you’re standing inside the garage door it would be the slot closest to you not the one closest to the garage door itself. Just remember to lubricate all moving parts of your garage door at least once a year that means all hinges rollers the track the opener if you have one you should lube a screw drive at least once a year. Just lube the moving screw inside the opener rail nothing else.