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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Blattus_Slaf on February 12, 2008, 6:01 pm
DerbyDad03 wrote:
>> My garage door opener can open smoothly, but it only closes about half
>> way - seemlingly encounters resistance - and then the door re-opens.
>> I disconnected the automatic opening system and tried to close the
>> door manually - it worked but I could feel resistance when pulling it
>> down around half way. The system seems fine - springs, cables,
>> rollers, etc. (I just installed a new SEAS garage door opener two
>> weeks ago and it worked fine until two days ago. It's an old door
>> abotu 15 years old and the old garage door opener was replaced. I
>> also lubricated the components of the garage door system.)
>>
>> Any suggestions? Thank you.
>
> Is it significantly colder compared to when you installed the opener?
>
> My Craftsman has a habit of balking when it gets really cold. I have
> to increase the up and/or down force to get the door to travel it's
> full distance. I should note that my opener is about 20 YO, however,
> it has been doing it since the first cold winter.
Make sure the track itself didn't move in and is causing the binding.
You may have do adjust the wall mounts. If you can't see where it's
binding, start making small adjustments to see if it helps. You can also
change the motor down torque before reversing.
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