Fleet and Commercial Body
Truck Roll-Up Door and Swing Door Repair and Replacement
Typical range
$400 to $4,500
Shop hours
2 to 18
Labor rate
$210/hr
The short answer
Roll-up and swing door service covers panels, rollers, tracks, counterbalance springs, cables, hinges, cam locks, and seals on commercial cargo doors. Work runs $400 to $4,500, or 2 to 18 hours at $210 per hour plus parts. In shop only, at our Yorba Linda facility.
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What this work actually involves
A cargo door is the highest cycle component on any delivery body. A parcel unit working a dense Orange County or LA route opens and closes that door 120 to 180 times a shift, which is more actuations in a month than a shop door sees in five years. Everything about the failure pattern follows from that. Rollers flatten, tracks wear a groove at the curl, hinges elongate their pins, the bottom panel takes the entire impact history of the route, and the counterbalance spring loses tension until the driver is fighting forty pounds of door on every stop.
Most of what gets called a broken door is actually one worn component multiplied through the assembly. A single seized roller drags the panel out of track, which wears the track edge, which binds the next roller, and inside a month you have a door that will not close square and a driver leaving it half open on the route. Replacing the whole door on that unit is a five figure decision that a hundred dollar roller set would have prevented. We inspect the assembly as a system and price component repair before we ever price a replacement.
Counterbalance springs deserve their own paragraph because they are the one part that hurts people. A roll-up spring is under stored tension across its full travel and it must be wound down under control before the drum comes apart. We service and replace them with the correct tools and the correct turn count for the door height and panel weight, then set the balance so a driver can lift the door with one hand from the bottom lift bar. Swing doors are a different animal, where the job is usually squaring the rear frame first, because a door adjusted to fit a racked frame will bind again within weeks.
Location: All work is performed at our Yorba Linda facility. We do not offer mobile, roadside, or fleet route service.
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What the job includes
- Roll-up door panel repair, individual panel replacement, and full door replacement
- Roller, hinge, and end-cap replacement across the full door assembly
- Track straightening, replacement, and curl repair at the top radius
- Counterbalance spring service, replacement, and turn-count balancing
- Lift cable, drum, and pull strap replacement
- Bottom panel replacement and bottom seal or astragal renewal
- Swing door hinge, pin, and bushing replacement with frame squaring
- Cam lock, keeper, latch bar, and door hardware replacement and alignment
- Perimeter seal, weatherstrip, and threshold repair to stop water entry
- Rear frame straightening so the door seals on its own geometry
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When you need this service
- A door a driver has to fight to raise, or one that drops when released
- A door that binds, catches, or jumps out of track partway through travel
- A visible dent or crease in the bottom panel from a dock or a curb
- Daylight along the bottom or side of a closed door
- A cam lock that no longer engages without the driver pushing the door
- Rust streaking or water staining on cargo stacked against the rear wall
- Swing doors that need to be lifted or slammed to catch the keeper
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How we do it, step by step
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Full assembly inspection
Every roller, hinge, track, cable, and panel checked with the door cycled by hand. The failing part is often three components away from the symptom the driver reported.
- 02
Frame squareness check
The rear frame is measured before any door adjustment. A door that fits a racked opening is a temporary fix and it will bind again inside a month.
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Repair versus replace pricing
Component repair priced against a full door replacement so you can see both numbers. On most doors under ten years old, component repair is the clear win.
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Controlled spring service
Counterbalance springs wound down under control before the drum is opened, then replaced or retensioned to the correct turn count for door height and panel weight.
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Component replacement
Rollers, hinges, tracks, cables, and damaged panels replaced as a set rather than piecemeal. Panels are matched to the existing door profile so the assembly still tracks as one unit.
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Balance and seal setting
Door balanced so it lifts one-handed and holds at any point in travel, then perimeter and bottom seals set so the closed door shows no daylight.
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Cycle test and release
Door cycled repeatedly under working conditions, latch and cam engagement verified at both ends of travel, and the unit released with the spring turn count recorded for your maintenance file.
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Pricing and posted rates
| Item | Rate or range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Typical job range | $400 to $4,500 | Varies with extent of damage and parts availability |
| Shop hours | 2 to 18 | Quoted after teardown, not before |
| Body and paint labor | $210 per hour | 2026 posted rate |
| Paint supplies | $55 per paint hour | Calculated automatically on every estimate |
| Body supplies | $5 per body hour | Calculated automatically on every estimate |
| Parts | 100% markup under $100, 35% over | Special order parts require a non refundable deposit at order |
| Deposit | 50% at authorization over $2,000 | Additional 25% when parts arrive on jobs over $10,000 |
| Sales tax | 7.75% on parts and materials | Labor is not taxed |
Insurance billed jobs may be billed at carrier negotiated labor rates that differ from the posted retail rates above. See all posted rates.
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Vehicles we do this work on
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Box Trucks
Box trucks put a separately built cargo body on a cab chassis, and the joint between them is where most failures start. Rear frame
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Parcel and Furniture Delivery Trucks
Walk-in step vans and parcel bodies are aluminum-bodied, low-stepped, and cycled harder than any other commercial vehicle on the r
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Beverage Delivery Trucks
Beverage bodies use a row of individual side bays with roll-up doors instead of one cargo space. High door cycle counts, bulkhead
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Reefer, Refrigerated Trucks
Refrigerated bodies are insulated sandwich panel with a sealed interior liner, and any breach of that envelope costs fuel, cargo,
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High-Cube Vans
High-cube vans trade a tall roof and maximum interior volume for a large flat sail area and a roofline that clears almost nothing.
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Curtain Side Trucks
Curtain side trucks trade fixed walls for a sliding tensioned curtain so a forklift can load from either side. The curtain, the to
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Questions about roll-up and swing door service
Frequently asked questions
What does roll-up door repair cost on a box truck?
Work runs $400 to $4,500, or 2 to 18 hours at $210 per hour plus parts. A full roller and hinge set with a track straightened sits near the low end. A counterbalance spring, cables, two replacement panels, and a bottom seal sits mid range. A complete door replacement with frame squaring sits at the high end. Parts carry 100 percent markup under $100 and 35 percent over $100.
How fast can you turn a door around?
Most component-level door work is a same-day or next-day job once the unit is here and parts are on the shelf. Roller and hinge sets, spring service, and seal work typically run four to eight hours. A full door replacement or a job that requires rear frame squaring is two to four days. Call ahead with the door height and brand so we can confirm parts before you send the truck.
My driver says the door is too heavy. Is that the spring?
Almost always, though seized rollers produce the same complaint. A correctly balanced roll-up lifts with one hand from the bottom bar and holds anywhere in travel. If it takes two hands or drops when released, the counterbalance has lost tension or a cable has stretched. Both are safety items and both are cheap relative to the shoulder injury they cause.
Can you replace a single damaged panel instead of the whole door?
Usually yes, if the panel profile is still available and the rest of the door is sound. A bottom panel replacement is the most common version of this job because the bottom panel absorbs the dock and curb history of the route. We check profile availability first, since discontinued profiles occasionally force a full door.
Do you fix doors at our yard between routes?
No. All work is performed at our Yorba Linda facility. We do not run route service and we do not dispatch technicians to fleet locations. Door work is fast enough that this rarely costs you a full day. Most fleets send the unit over between a morning and an afternoon route, or on a light day, and have it back the same evening.
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