Trouble Opening Garage Door

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

Trouble opening garage door.

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. The main drive gear is the plastic gear that comes in direct contact with the worm drive gear on the motor. This feature prevents the motor inside the garage door opener from damaging. Check to see if the trolley has been disconnected.

Garage door reversing before closing garage door openers manufactured after 1993 include sensors to prevent a door from closing on a child or pet. If you have a problem with your wall switch being unable to open or close the garage door then it s often a problem somewhere in the power supply. If it does then the transmitter in your car likely just needs a simple battery replacement. Liftmaster garage door openers are designed to stop if it senses a resistance or an obstruction while opening.

This is a problem that will require you or a service person to replace it. If the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open. 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.

First check to see if the transmitter on the wall inside your garage still opens your garage door when pressed. Check power door lock the power door lock must be deactivated anytime you open the garage door.