Set Stops On Garage Door Opener

If the garage door opens correctly but fails to close completely there may be one of three common causes.

Set stops on garage door opener.

A flathead screwdriver is all that is needed to make a limit adjustment on most garage door openers. The close limit switch may need adjusting. All craftsman garage door openers are equipped with a reversing feature. Check power door lock the power door lock must be deactivated anytime you open the garage door.

Garage door won t close all the way. This is a safety feature that prevents accidents and also protects the opener from damaging. Open up the case and look for a screw type track that moves when the opener runs. This feature prevents the motor inside the garage door opener from damaging.

T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener. Hold down a button on your remote garage door opener. When the garage door opener is first installed it is programmed to learn the fully open and fully closed position and then it stores it to memory. Sometimes the limit switch is activated by the movement of a specially shaped nut traveling on this track.

Do you have an older chain drive garage door opener and the motor no longer automatically stops when the door is at the fully open or closed position keeps running until the timer or thermal cutout stops it before you go to the extreme of replaci. This will send out a radio signal to the ceiling mounted motor unit. When the opener is activated the screw rotates causing the nut to move until it reaches the switch. It s important to get this switch at just the right distance from the motor so that the door is able to close all the way but the motor also knows to stop running.

In the future when the unit receives that specific signal it will open the garage door it s attached to. Since then genie has worked hard to make their radio controlled residential garage door openers a household name. Set the step ladder under the garage door opener in your garage and use it to access the up and down limit switch adjustment screws located on the side of the garage door opener motor housing. Liftmaster garage door openers are designed to stop if it senses a resistance or an obstruction while opening.

Repairing a garage door limit switch. Within 30 seconds of pressing the learn button press down on a button on the remote. The limit adjustment settings control the points where the door will stop in its descent up or down. Try making small adjustments.

If the door won t stay open to its full extent or doesn t close flush to the ground the travel control needs an adjustment.