|
Posted by RBM on March 2, 2007, 7:56 pm
It sounds like the limit switches need to be readjusted. At the moment the
door reaches bottom or top, a limit switch should stop the motor
> My wife closed one of our garage doors on our child's toy.
>
> If I unhook the garage door from the chain and close it half way the
> garage door stays in that position so the springs are good. If I re-
> hook the garage door while in this position and try to close/open the
> door with the motor it does so just fine until it either closes or
> opens all the way; at this point the motor starts grinding and
> rattling loudly and won't stop until I push door button.
>
> If I start with the garage door hooked in the fully open position the
> motor will start the noise and the garage door won't move.
>
> If I start the garage door hooked in the fully closed position the
> garage door will open just fine until it hits the fully open position
> in which the motor starts making the noise.
>
> I unhooked the the garage door and left it fully closed and then
> tested the movement of the chain without the garage door attached and
> it moved fully from end to end without any problems.
>
> I hope I exhausted all possibilities and gave enough information to
> garner some insight.
>
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap