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Iron gates have a way of looking indestructible right up until they stop hanging straight. One day the latch lines up cleanly and the gate swings or slides the way it should. A season later, it drags, leans, rubs, or leaves a widening gap that was not there before. In a lot of cases, the change is gradual enough that people live with it for months. Then a weld cracks, a hinge side starts taking more strain, or the operator begins fighting the weight of a gate that is no lon

A sliding gate usually gives you a few warnings before it quits outright. It hesitates, makes a rough sound, reverses for no obvious reason, or needs more than one try to finish a cycle. Then one morning it refuses to move, and suddenly a gate that felt like background hardware becomes the only thing standing between you and your driveway. I have seen people jump straight to the worst-case assumption, usually that the motor has failed. Sometimes that is true, but not nea