The slider rails are tracks that hold the upper rollers of each sliding panel.
How to remove sliding closet doors from top track.
Next carefully lift the door up at a slight angle to remove the bottom rollers from the track.
Each door has its own track that spans the width of the closet opening.
If there are brackets at the bottom remove the screws that secure the door to the brackets before lifting the door out.
Both panels disconnect in the same manner.
Obviously you d start with the front outer slab.
Then tilt it slightly with help and remove it from the upper track of the door frame as well.
How to remove sliding bypass closet doors from their track.
4 removing the sliding door before removing the door slide it to the point in the track where you see an indent.
The top track rollers shown at right can support doors up to 200 lbs each for medium rated 3 wheels and 400 lbs each for the heavy duty rated 4 wheels.
The track has two channels that guide rollers that are attached to the top of each door that allow the doors to slide.
Most of the time the door will pop right off.
At the bottom of the opening is a floor guide with two channels.
The floor guide keeps the doors level across the door opening.
Once you remove all the screws lift the door up and make sure that it is completely removed from the bottom track of the door frame.
Getting the closet doors off the slider rails requires removing the floor guide at the bottom.
Then angle the door towards you and pull gently detaching the door from its top track.
Once this is complete repeat the process with the inside closet door.
Then try lifting it up a little and pulling it towards you.
The post you mentioned shouldn t be an issue.
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This means that since the top track supports all of the weight the optional bottom track is used only to help guide your sliding closet doors and bifold doors.
I can t tell from the fuzzy photo whether the hanging hardware has a release mechanism but typically you d just swing the door outward away from the closet about 20 degrees so that the top of the wheel clears the upper track lip then lift it off.
Bypass doors have a metal track screwed inside the top of the doorframe.