Trouble Opening Garage Door

Check to see if the trolley has been disconnected.

Trouble opening garage door.

Check power door lock the power door lock must be deactivated anytime you open the garage door. If it does then the transmitter in your car likely just needs a simple battery replacement. If the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open. The solutions first check your fuses gfci or breaker to see if any of them have tripped broken or burnt out.

The main drive gear is the plastic gear that comes in direct contact with the worm drive gear on the motor. This is a problem that will require you or a service person to replace it. First check to see if the transmitter on the wall inside your garage still opens your garage door when pressed. Replace the main gear drive if the garage door opener makes a grinding noise but the door doesn t move your main drive gear is probably toast.

Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor has burned out and isn t operating at all. If you garage door is lowering then reversing. The trolley moves along the chain drive the long track attached to the ceiling when the garage door is opening or closing attached via a metal. Garage door reversing before closing garage door openers manufactured after 1993 include sensors to prevent a door from closing on a child or pet.

Garage door opener won t open all the way fix. Liftmaster garage door openers are designed to stop if it senses a resistance or an obstruction while opening.