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Have you ever had a sliding closet door or a sliding shower door drag so badly that you almost couldn't move it? Well your about 10 minutes away from fixing it. These types of doors hang from a header and have a divider at the bottom that keeps the doors from swinging in and out of the opening.
The tops of the doors are mounted to metal rollers that sit in the track of the header. Although the rollers sometimes break, the vast majority of problems with these types of doors can be fixed with a door adjustment.
Break out your screwdriver and start snooping at the rollers. Usually, the door needs to be lifted and tightened at the roller. So just loosen the screws that hold the door to the roller assembly and lift the door to the point where it is level and re-tighten the screws. Test it using the one-finger test. If it still gets hung up, adjust it up or down until it rolls smoothly.
Sure, you could go crazy with cleaning and lubricating the wheels, or even replacing them. You will typically find more nastiness with shower rollers due to the addition of water and corrosion, so you will have to replace these far sooner than closet door rollers.
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