Stanley Garage Door Opens Too Far

Open the garage door and watch it closely as it opens.

Stanley garage door opens too far.

More than likely its a broken gear case. The solution is to move the switch closer to the motor unit. Stanley works has not made or sold garage door openers since 1997. I tried resetting them but now the large button opens both doors at the same time.

Garage door opener won t open all the way fix. In fact you really should read the entire garage door repair article. I still run into a. Replace the main gear drive if the garage door opener makes a grinding noise but the door doesn t move your main drive gear is probably toast.

The main drive gear is the plastic gear that comes in direct contact with the worm drive gear on the motor. Disconnect the garage door opener from the door and go through the troubleshooting routine on the garage door repair page. The chain isn t moving. Stanley garage door opener not working.

I have 2 craftsman 1 2 hp door openers each car has a remote and i am trying to get my remote to open with the large button on the remote and my wife s door to open with the other button. If you have problems with your garage door opener that was made by stanley prior to 1997 you will need to show proof of warranty to get help from that company. Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a door just because of the way. When the garage door opens about halfway or 5 feet from the ground and stops the up limit switch needs to be adjusted.

This switch is usually a simply touch lever mounted on the end of the track near the motor unit and if it is too far away the motor will stop the door before it fully opens.