Put Chain Back On Garage Door Opener

If it is working properly your door should close or open.

Put chain back on garage door opener.

Loosen the inside nut and back it off 6 8 turns back the outside nut off 5 6 turns this will give you some slack in the chain. Next up is reattaching the gear to the track. You should feel and see the lever attach itself to the automatic door opener. My garage door opener has a threaded rod attached to the chain.

Located along the rail the chain an. I put a lot of wd40 into drive gear and chain. Now you need to pull back on the release cord. My old 15 years liftmaster chain garage door opener is making noise at motor driver gear part when the chain is going up with or without door engaged.

You should be able to slacken the chain by loosening the nuts put the chain back on then retighten the chain. Make sure the cable is inside the cable pulley and run the chain around the sprocket. Pulling back a second time does. In direct drive garage door openers the carriage travels along a large threaded rod.

This will release the door from the garage door opener. While popular chain drive garage door openers connect the motor to the carriage with a chain other openers work slightly differently. Over time though this slack can increase or the gear and sprocket assembly can wear and the chain may pop off the sprockets. Trying to reengage your garage door opener with the door closed doesn t work.

When you disengage it it s easy and obvious. You can put the chain back on your automatic garage door opener using a simple adjustment mechanism. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace the chain and cable assembly on a chain drive garage door opener. It has 2 stop nuts that hold the chain in place and adjusts the tension on the chain.

You simply pull back on the emergency cord and it disengages. You will notice that there is a lever that moves up and down when you pull on the cord. Chain driven garage door openers should have some slack in the chain for optimal performance. The final step is to push the button to see if it works.