Question:
My wife closed one of our garage doors on our child's toy.
If I unhook the garage door from the chain and close it half way the
garage door stays in that position so the springs are good. If I re-
hook the garage door while in this position and try to close/open the
door with the motor it does so just fine until it either closes or
opens all the way; at this point the motor starts grinding and
rattling loudly and won't stop until I push door button.
If I start with the garage door hooked in the fully open position the
motor will start the noise and the garage door won't move.
If I start the garage door hooked in the fully closed position the
garage door will open just fine until it hits the fully open position
in which the motor starts making the noise.
I unhooked the the garage door and left it fully closed and then
tested the movement of the chain without the garage door attached and
it moved fully from end to end without any problems. Anybody help ?
Answer:
mine lasted thru the 2 kids growing up. then it was doing
that so i screwed around and adjusted and complained about it and
ordered a part and installed it and complained more about it. i even
had a real garage door opener guy for a tenant, and he have it his
best. between the 2 of us we wasted more time on the old unit, should
have just bought the replacement unit for him to install at first.
has modern safety sensors, outdoor keypad, quiet quiet quiet compaired
to old chain drive.
i predict that the child's father's toy will be his new quiet rubber
belt driven garage door opener professionally installed by [home depot/
lowe's] with extra matching remotes purchased at the same time.
and his mom will immediately agree to this safety item for your home.
Also meant to say, it doesn't sound like an adjustment issue either.
If the limits are out of whack, the unit should still stop after going
a bit farther than it should. You would also think the force sensing
system would stop the door He says the motor won't stop in either
direction unless he hits the switch. I guess he can try backing the
limit adjustment to min in each direction an see what happens.
