[Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes

john niolon jniolon at bham.rr.com
Mon Nov 10 11:44:51 MST 2008


David....

just for kicks look at the worm drive gears on top of the unit... mine did 
something similar and it was a stripped gear... you can buy replacements on 
the net... Google 'garage door gears" or something similar.... not a big 
deal and pretty cheap too...

later
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt at gmail.com>
To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes


> We've got a Sears garage door opener that's gone tits up.  It starts
> to turn the motor, moves a little bit, then gives up, flashing the
> light socket.  The photo eyes have the lights lit they're supposed to,
> and the one that's supposed to go out when the beam is blocked goes
> out when the beam is blocked.  It opened fine this morning, and then
> didn't close.  When I went to look at it about noon, it went up and
> down (without the door trolley connected) a couple times.  I
> reconnected the trolley, and it didn't move at all.  I pulled the cord
> to disconnect the trolley, and it didn't work.  It moved a foot or
> two, and then stopped, blinking the light.  I disconnected the chain
> -- the chain tension seems much higher than the opener (identical
> model, though newer) on the other door in the garage.  I've had
> problems with this opener before; a couple winters ago, I had to
> adjust the force screws when the temperature changed.  I'm wondering
> if it's worth trying to figure out what's wrong, and then fix, or if
> it's just time to get a new opener (It's 13  years old, according to
> the sticker, and gets used 4 or 5 times a day.)
>
>
> -- 
> David Scheidt
> dmscheidt at gmail.com
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