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FAAC Hinge & Roller Replacement: The Sandy Springs Owner’s Guide

FAAC hinge and roller replacement in Sandy Springs typically runs $280-$520 installed, depending on whether we’re working on a single residential swing gate or a dual-leaf system with interlocking rollers. We stock FAAC-compatible hardware for the 400, 402, 422, and S800 series on every truck, and most replacements are completed in one visit. The call usually starts the same way: the gate opens six inches, groans, and stops, or the motor strains but the leaf barely moves because the hinge pin has seized or the roller carriage has flat-spotted.

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Which FAAC Models This Applies To

FAAC has manufactured gate hardware across four decades, and the hinge and roller assemblies vary by series. The 400 and 402 hydraulic swing-gate operators use a cast-steel hinge block with a 20mm stainless pin and a polymer bushing that wears first. The 422 and S800 electromechanical series share a similar hinge geometry but use a slightly longer 22mm pin and a sealed roller bearing in the top pivot that fails when Georgia’s pollen season packs the grease with dust. The S418 residential line uses a lighter-duty hinge with a 16mm pin, and we’ve learned not to install 400-series hardware on those leaves or the gate drags within a month.

To identify what you have, check the operator label on the motor housing for the series number, then measure the hinge pin diameter with a caliper or even a crescent wrench set to the pin width. The OEM FAAC part number will start with a 7 (for example, 722003 for the 402 hinge kit), but we also carry Italian-made Stagnoli and domestic DuraGates equivalents that meet the same load ratings at roughly 15% less cost. We mark which is which on the written quote, and you pick. We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with FAAC, so we have no incentive to push OEM over equivalent when the spec matches.

Signs Your FAAC Hinge & Roller Replacement Is Failing

• The gate opens partially, then stalls or reverses. The FAAC control board reads motor amp draw; when a seized hinge or flat roller spikes the load past the safety threshold, the board treats it like an obstruction and stops the cycle. In Sandy Springs, we see this most often after the pollen-heavy weeks of April when grit works into the hinge pin.
• Visible rust streaks or orange dust below the hinge barrel. This means the stainless pin is galling against the steel hinge body, and the sacrificial bushing is already gone. Once you see the stain, the pin is scoring the hinge bore. Replacement is the only fix; greasing at this stage just pushes grit deeper.
• The gate leaf has dropped or shifted in the frame. A worn roller on a sliding gate, or a stretched hinge pin on a swing gate, lets the leaf settle out of plumb. On dual-leaf FAAC systems, this causes the center stop to miss and the leaves to bang on closing.
• Intermittent operation that clears up after manual push-starting. The operator’s torque is overcoming static friction, but the hinge or roller is binding until it breaks free. This pattern destroys the FAAC motor gearbox over time because each start is a shock load.
• Squealing or grinding that persists after lubrication. If a shot of white lithium grease quiets it for two days and it comes back louder, the bearing surface is gone and metal is riding on metal. The sound is the hinge telling you its useful life is over.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

What drives the range: gate material (iron leaf vs. aluminum), whether the post is plumb enough to reuse or needs shimming, and whether the FAAC operator arm bracket bolts to the hinge or needs repositioning after the new hardware goes in. Every quote is written and handed over before we touch a tool, under Haven Standard Clause 1. The price you approve is the price on the invoice. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the labor and the hardware; if the new hinge or roller fails within a year, we replace it at no charge.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s a safe middle ground and a hard stop. What you can do: verify the FAAC model number, measure the pin diameter, and photograph the hinge from above and below so we bring the right part the first time. What you should not do: support a 300-pound iron gate leaf with a floor jack while you knock out a seized hinge pin. The pin is under the full weight of the gate, and without a proper support frame or a second person on a come-along, the leaf can shift and crush a hand or tear the FAAC arm bracket off the post. We’ve been called to Sandy Springs jobs where the homeowner got the old hinge out and couldn’t get the new one aligned, leaving the gate propped open overnight. That’s not a security gate anymore. Call (470) 885-1464 and we’ll quote it in writing, show up with the part, and leave a photo log of what was found and what was replaced.

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