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FAAC Hinge & Roller Replacement: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

We stock FAAC-compatible hinge and roller replacement parts on our trucks and typically install them in Fort Lauderdale for $185 to $420, depending on your gate’s size and whether both hinge and roller assemblies need replacing. Most FAAC owners discover the part has failed when the gate starts dragging on its track, shudders mid-swing, or makes a grinding sound that worsens by the week. If you’re hearing metal-on-metal or watching your gate lean slightly as it moves, the hinge or roller is almost always the culprit, not the motor.

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What surprises most Fort Lauderdale homeowners is how fast salt air and humidity accelerate wear on these parts. A hinge that would last twelve years in Arizona often gives out in six or seven here. Cole Rafferty has pulled more corroded FAAC hinges out of gates along Las Olas than he can count. The good news: replacement is usually a same-visit fix, and we quote the full price in writing before touching a single bolt.

Which FAAC Models This Applies To

FAAC has built a few distinct gate lines over the years, and the hinge and roller assemblies are not interchangeable across all of them. If your motor housing says FAAC 402, 412, 415, 422, C720, C721, S450H, S700H, S800H, or the older 770 and 844 series, we stock or can source the correct hinge and roller kits for those models within one business day in Fort Lauderdale.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha that trips up owners who try to order parts themselves: FAAC changed the roller diameter and axle pin size between the 400-series and the later C-series units. A roller kit advertised as “FAAC swing gate roller” will often fit the C720 but not the 402, because the mounting bracket spacing is 8mm different. We measure the old part before ordering anything, so you don’t end up with a return shipment and another week with a dragging gate.

OEM vs aftermarket: FAAC’s original hinge assemblies are well-machined but priced at a premium. For most residential gates in Fort Lauderdale, a quality aftermarket equivalent with sealed stainless steel bearings performs just as well and costs 30 to 40 percent less. We’ll show you both options with honest numbers and let you choose. For commercial duty gates or anything facing the ocean breeze directly off A1A, we recommend OEM or marine-grade aftermarket parts. Salt is unforgiving.

Signs Your FAAC Hinge & Roller Replacement Is Failing

• The gate drags or scrapes along its track. The roller has flattened or the bearing inside has seized, so the wheel no longer rotates. The gate is now being dragged, not rolled, and every cycle is grinding metal away.
• A grinding or squealing noise during opening or closing. The bearing inside the roller has lost its grease and is running dry. In Fort Lauderdale’s humidity, this progresses fast because moisture gets past the seal and rusts the race.
• The gate leans or sags at the hinge end. The hinge pin or its mounting bracket has worn egg-shaped, letting the gate drop a few millimeters. That drop puts extra load on the motor and the opposite roller.
• The gate shudders or vibrates mid-travel. A flat-spotted roller or a loose hinge pin causes the gate to catch and release as it swings. You’ll feel it through the ground more than hear it at first.
• Visible rust staining or flaking around the hinge pin. That’s not cosmetic. By the time you see rust weeping from the pin, the internal tolerances are gone and the part is failing from the inside out.

Any one of these symptoms means the part is on borrowed time. We’ve seen gates go from a faint grind to a snapped hinge pin in under a month when the daily heat and afternoon rain keep working on weakened metal.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Fort Lauderdale, FAAC hinge and roller replacement typically runs:

• Roller assembly only: $185 to $260 installed, depending on wheel diameter and bearing type.
• Hinge assembly only: $210 to $310 installed, depending on gate weight and bracket configuration.
• Both hinge and roller: $340 to $420 installed for most residential swing gates.
• Heavy-duty or commercial gates: $450 to $680 installed, where larger pins, thicker brackets, and marine-grade materials are required.

Every quote includes the part, all labor, alignment, and lubrication of the surrounding moving components. The price we put in writing before starting is the price you pay. No line items appear at the end that weren’t there at the beginning. The work is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the replacement fails within a year, the return visit is free and we make it right at no charge.

What drives the range? Gate weight is the biggest factor. A lightweight aluminum pedestrian gate takes a smaller roller than a 400-pound solid steel driveway gate. Proximity to the ocean matters too: homes in Las Olas Isles, Rio Vista, or along the Intracoastal benefit from marine-grade components, which cost more upfront but outlast standard parts by years in salt air.

DIY or Call Us?

Replacing a FAAC hinge or roller on a gate that’s still under spring tension or carries the weight of an operator arm is not a job to learn from a YouTube video. The gate can drop or bind, and if the roller pin fails during removal, a few hundred pounds of steel can shift faster than you can react. We say that plainly because we’ve repaired enough DIY attempts to know it’s not worth the hospital visit or the bent frame.

What you can safely do: inspect the roller for visible flat spots, check the hinge pins for rust, and note whether the gate has dropped on one side. That information saves us time on the call. What you should not do: loosen hinge brackets, remove a roller pin under load, or try to shim the gate yourself. One wrong move with the wrong jack placement and the gate binds against the operator arm, turning a $260 roller swap into a $900 motor mount repair.

If you’re in Fort Lauderdale and want it done correctly the first time, call (754) 354-9065. We’ll tell you exactly what to expect before we arrive.

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