Trouble Opening Garage Door

Liftmaster garage door openers are designed to stop if it senses a resistance or an obstruction while opening.

Trouble opening garage door.

If you garage door is lowering then reversing. Check power door lock the power door lock must be deactivated anytime you open the garage door. First check to see if the transmitter on the wall inside your garage still opens your garage door when pressed. If it does then the transmitter in your car likely just needs a simple battery replacement.

Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor has burned out and isn t operating at all. 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. If the circuit breaker or gfci is tripping repeatedly it s a sign that there is a short circuit somewhere in the system possibly even the garage door opener itself. The main drive gear is the plastic gear that comes in direct contact with the worm drive gear on the motor.

Garage door opener won t open all the way fix. If the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open. Check to see if the trolley has been disconnected. This feature prevents the motor inside the garage door opener from damaging.

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. The solutions first check your fuses gfci or breaker to see if any of them have tripped broken or burnt out.