My garage door currently rubs on the outer wooden frame, and this prevents it from closing fully. As it closes, the motor seems to sense the resistance and it starts pulling the door up instead.
The rubbing seems to be greater on one side (the right side when looking from the inside out).
It's a wooden garage door, likely from the late 80's.
Here are some photos from the outside and inside:
For me the easiest solution would be to remove the 7 foot long framing laths (Profiles) on both sides.
They are just nailed in, so easy to remove.
Now sand off some in the area that you marked.
Nail them back in, using a spacer.
loosen the bolts on the vertical part of the track and adjust it away from the wood.
Mark the door frame where it touches/rubs against the door.
With the door open sand or use a wood plane to remove the rubbing sections.
Close the the door and check. Repeat as needed. Probably only need less than a 1/16 inch removed.
When you have removed enough, paint the bare wood for weather protection.
Can also take down the door frame and move it away a bit from the door when putting it back up.
If your problem is the horizontal vinyl rubber weatherproofing seal this may help you.
I fixed both garage doors from jerking, pulling, straining motor and chain by:
Prying off the the bottom of the nailed on horizontal vinyl frame from the ground 3 to 4 feet up and moving the lower horizontal frame back about 1/8 inch. It was visible that the doos were sticking on the rubber frame seal as there was rubber residue on the door and the white surface on the rubber seal was dark grey in color. I drilled new holes and used screws to reattach. Now, smooth as Tennessee whiskey. BTW, 3 people had looked at the doors, sprayed the heck out of them but had never fixed the problem. That's why I love DIY.
