Five Closet Door Repairs!

I find myself in a home with four sets of Folding Closet Doors. Thru abuse, lack of maintenance, age and changes in flooring; all four sets of closet doors are in a shambles. Now, I could pay 60-150 bucks per door set and replace them all or I can repair them. Well, I’ve repaired them and it went so well I want to share these easy repairs with everyone.

There seems to be five basic things that go wrong with these doors. I have created a simple repair for each.

1. Missing door knobs. With my closet doors I was missing three knobs so designed a printable knob for replacement. See pictures. Simple to print, uses a machine nut to give proper attachment.

2. Broken Pivot. In the lower corners of the doors are the main pivots. These parts take a lot of load. I had one that was broken. I have designed a printable replacement.

3. Holes in end of doors to accept pivots and wheels are worn out, or broken. I have designed a sleeve that goes over the exiting parts or new pri