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Chamberlin Garage door is pinned up against a hard safety stop bolt that is about 6 inches from the motor casing. When I push the. remote, the motor briefly strains trying to raise then shuts off. Fix

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If it is hitting the hard stop the motor is tripping the torque overload. Most door openers have open and close limit adjustments check those and set them up properly. On a door there is a low limit a high limit an electric eye across the door and as a last fail safe a torque overload limit. torque limit is normally unchangable you need to adjust the high limit maybe located on the back of the unit. It might be called the up limit and the down limit

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Vince Heuser

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  • Posted on Jan 18, 2009

SOURCE: garage door won't open

You probably have a broken spring on your door

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 16, 2009

SOURCE: My Chamberlin remote garage door opener stopped working.

Try this website for a possible solution

http://www.bearcatco.com/helpgifs/liftmaster_troubleshooting.html

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 12, 2009

SOURCE: Chamberlain Power Drive 1/2 HP - motor runs but does not move chain

I have the same problem with the worm gear shaved. I bought the replacement part and replaced the worm gear. The door did not travel to the full distance between the limit switch. It hit the upoer limit, stopped. When I pressed the remote again, it only reverse for a short distance and never hit the other end of the limit switch. Any hints what the problems are?

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 14, 2010

SOURCE: My Sears model 41A4315-7A garage door opener will

Remove the cover and check the drive gear. It is a white nylon gear just in front of the motor and it will be obvious if it is bad. The part number is 41A2817 and is available at any good door opener service company. It comes with instructions.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 12, 2010

SOURCE: Access Master 1/3 HP garage door does not close, blinks

Most likely your door sensors are out of alignment. Make sure they are pointed directly at one another.

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Door comes down and goes right back up. then the lite blinks 4 times with a click noise. the safety eyes also are not on

It sounds like you need to adjust your down limit switch and/or perhaps your motor force settings. If the limit switch is not in the sweet spot along the rail it can be triggering too soon or not in time. In your case it could be too far down the rail and thus not stopping/slowing the motor in time. Your door is then being pushed against the floor too hard. Your safety/return force is goes way over limit and tells the opener to go back. While closing your door look at your rail and if its bending when the door hits the ground, this is definitely happening. After finding the sweet spot for your down limit switch, you can readjust your return/safety force per your opener manual.
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My garage door opened fine ... when i went to shut it. i get a 3 sec humm from the unit and nothing else

IT MAY BE JAMBED AGAINST THE OPEN SAFETY BOLT.

IF THE TRAVELER IS JAMMED AGAINST THE BOLT YOU CAN EITHER LOOSEN THE CHAIN OR REMOVE THE COVER, UNPLUG THE UNIT AND BACKWIND THE MOTOR BY HAND.

ONCE THE BIND IS RELEASED ADJUST THE UP LIMIT TO STOP AT LEAST AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE IT REACHES THE BOLT.
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I'm having troubles getting my garage door to close. It will go up just fine but when I hit the wall switch when its fully up, I hear a click followed by the 5 flash trouble code. I know this means its...

First of all I have a question. If you cannot get it to close how do you know it will go up just fine?

All your symptoms and the things you have checked still point to the trolley being jammed against the stop bolt. The fact it will not move even an inch says jammed trolley or the up and down limits are completely misadjusted. Remove the cover from the motor unit and look at the limit switch assembly. Make sure the up and down contacts are not both contacting the center contact.
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Craftsman Garage Door Opener won't work after storm

Check to see if the trolley (the part that slides back and forth on the rail and is connected to the door) is jammed against the bolt just in front of the motor unit. If so, remove the bolt and run the door until it is closed. On the side of the motor unit there is an 'up limit' control. Turn this 3 turns in the opposite direction of the arrow printed on the cover. Be sure to replace the bolt.
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Chamberlin Liftmaster 2245 won't open or close, just hums

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where is door trolley, up or down. did it go up too far and wedge against bolt in track. take out bolt to release and try. put bolt back in. did you overheat motor. wait 15 minutes. give more info. (Does light bulb blink 10 times, then safety beam problem affecting door going down).
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2 different openers stopped working by remote at the same time

Both the older genie and a newer chamberlain (3-4 yrs old) both run on 390Mhz frequency. sounds like you will have to change your receivers on both operators (365LM 315Mhz) then get 3 button remote so you can program both doors on one remote.
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I found the chain extremely tight on the sproket. The mechanism had stalled hard against the stop bolt. I loosened the chain tensioner and the motor operated properly. Reset the limit adjustment so the mechanism stops a couple of inches from the stop bolt. Door is working fine now.
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