- 1. [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:39:06 -0500
- 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 suppose
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00037.html (8,515 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:44:51 -0600
- 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 someth
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00038.html (9,842 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:58:17 -0500
- I have a 1999 production Liftmaster / Chamberlain opener which is probably almost identical with yours. It started doing similar stuff last spring. I discovered parts and entire motors or "head units
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00039.html (8,725 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:28:54 -0500
- I took the bottom cover off. No stripped gears (they've still got grease on them!), rpm sensor eyes are clear (I even cleaned them), limit switches aren't jammed. I can rotate the motor shaft by hand
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00040.html (9,615 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:57:44 -0500
- Darn! Thought for sure we'd have ya fixed up?! Could also be bad wiring to the sensors. Mine had all the wires brought together and the conductors (2 or 3 22ga) twisted together and stuffed under the
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00041.html (8,698 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:14:28 -0800 (PST)
- Disconnect the opener from the door. Try moving the door by hand. If the door is properly adjusted it should stop and stay where you put it. If you open it one foot, it should stay open one foot. Loo
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00042.html (8,748 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:02:03 -0600
- *Went through this in the summer with a Sears . . 'Twas the worm gear in my 20 year old one . . Sears had the gears for LATER ones but not mine . . I bought a new Home Depot opener and got free insta
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00043.html (8,021 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:42:59 -0500
- So I went and bought a new one. It uses a different set of rails and trolley, but the mounting bracket is the same spacing, and the gear drive assembly is identical (even has the same part number in
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00044.html (9,247 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] garage door opener problmes (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:48:24 -0500
- Well, it's up, and working. Installation was a breeze. The only problem I had was that got the chain on timed wrong (It was fully open, the opener was closed, or vice versa.), and it's an incredible
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00046.html (9,032 bytes)
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